oileán

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ailén.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /əˈlʲɑːnˠ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɪlʲɑːnˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɛlʲænˠ/

Noun

oileán m (genitive singular oileáin, nominative plural oileáin)

island
isolated place

Declension

Declension of oileán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	oileán	oileáin
Vocative	a oileáin	a oileána
Genitive	oileáin	oileán
Dative	oileán	oileáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-oileán	na hoileáin
Genitive	an oileáin	na n-oileán
Dative	leis an oileán don oileán	leis na hoileáin

Synonyms

(island): inis

Derived terms

An tOileán Úr (“the New World, America”)
Oileáin Fhilipíneacha (“Philippines”)
oileánach (“islander; insular”)
oileán mara (“seagirt island”)
Oileán Phrionsa Éadbhard (“Prince Edward Island”)
oileánra (“archipelago”)
oileán sráide, oileán tráchta (“street-refuge, traffic island”)
oileán tráchta (“traffic island”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
oileán	n-oileán	hoileán	t-oileán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

"oileán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“island” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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