caisleán

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish caislén, from Old Irish caisel (from Anglo-Norman castel, from Latin castellum) + -án. Compare caiseal.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /kəˈʃlʲɑːn̪ˠ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkaʃl̠ʲɑːnˠ/, /ˈkʊʃl̠ʲɑːnˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkaʃl̠ʲænˠ/

Noun

caisleán m (genitive singular caisleáin, nominative plural caisleáin)

castle (fortified building)
mansion
(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”)
caisleánach (“containing castles”, adjective)
caisleán cártaí (“house of cards”)
caisleán éadaingean (“poorly-fortified castle”)
clós caisleáin, cúirt caisleáin (“the courtyard of a castle”)
fothrach caisleáin (“ruined house, castle”)
móta caisleáin (“castle moat”)

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.

Further reading

"caisleán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“caislén” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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