caisleán

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish caislén, from Old Irish caisel (from Anglo-Norman castel, from Latin castellum).[1] By surface analysis, caiseal +‎ -án.

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /kəˈʃlʲɑːn̪ˠ/[2]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkaʃl̠ʲɑːnˠ/, /ˈkaʃl̠ʲɑːn̪ˠ/; /ˈkʊʃl̠ʲɑːnˠ/, /ˈkʊʃl̠ʲɑːn̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkaʃl̠ʲanˠ/, /ˈkaʃl̠ʲan̪ˠ/[3]

Noun

caisleán m (genitive singular caisleáin, nominative plural caisleáin)

  1. castle (fortified building)
  2. mansion
  3. (meteorology, of cloud) cumulus

Declension
Declension of caisleán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative caisleán caisleáin
Vocative a chaisleáin a chaisleána
Genitive caisleáin caisleán
Dative caisleán caisleáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an caisleán na caisleáin
Genitive an chaisleáin na gcaisleán
Dative leis an gcaisleán

don chaisleán

 leis na caisleáin

Derived terms
  • caisleáin óir (“sunset clouds; castles in the air”)
  • caisleán cártaí (“house of cards”)
  • caisleánach (“containing castles”, adjective)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
caisleán chaisleán gcaisleán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “caislén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 153, page 78
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 226, page 83

Further reading
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