quallian

Manx

Alternative forms

  • quaillan

Etymology

From Old Irish cuilén (“pup, cub”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *kolignos (“whelp”). Cognate with Irish coileán and Scottish Gaelic cuilean.

Pronunciation

Noun

quallian m (genitive singular quallian, plural quallianyn)

  1. puppy, pup
    quallian jeh'n chied seiy
    pup of the first litter
  2. whelp
  3. cub

Mutation

Mutation of quallian
radical lenition eclipsis
quallian whallian guallian

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cuilén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Christopher Lewin (2020) Aspects of the historical phonology of Manx, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, →DOI, page 72
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