colún

See also: colun

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish columa, columan, from Latin columna.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /kəˈl̪ˠuːn̪ˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkɔlˠuːnˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɞlˠunˠ/

Noun

colún m (genitive singular colúin, nominative plural colúin)

  1. (architecture) pillar, column
  2. column (of text)
  3. (figuratively) pillar, support; (plural) warriors

Declension

Declension of colún (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative colún colúin
vocative a cholúin a cholúna
genitive colúin colún
dative colún colúin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an colún na colúin
genitive an cholúin na gcolún
dative leis an gcolún
don cholún 		leis na colúin

Derived terms

  • colún ainmneacha (“column of names”)
  • colún bealaigh (“column of route”)
  • colún ceathrar (“column of fours”)
  • colún codánacháin (“fractionating column”)
  • colún cuisleannach (“fluted column”)
  • colún feithiclí (“column of vehicles”)
  • colún figiúirí (“column of figures”)
  • colún leabhair (“column of a book”)
  • colún liteartha (“literary column”)
  • colún long (“column of ships”)
  • colún na marbh (“obituary column”)
  • colún nuachta (“news column”)
  • colún páipéir (“column of a paper”)
  • colún reatha (“flying column”)
  • colún saighdiúirí (“column of soldiers”)
  • colún spóirt (“sports column”)
  • colún veirteabrach (“vertebral column”)
  • colúnaí (“columnist”)
  • colúnra (“columns; colonnade”)
  • colúnáid (“colonnade”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of colún
radical lenition eclipsis
colún cholún gcolún

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

References

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