"Cailean" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈkʰalan/ Forms: Cailein [genitive], a Chailein [vocative]
Etymology: From a dialectal form of cuilean (“pup, youth, trickster”), from Middle Irish Cuilén, from Old Irish cuilén (“pup, cub”), from Proto-Celtic *kolignos (“whelp”), possibly of non-Indo-European origin. Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|mga|Cuilén}} Middle Irish Cuilén, {{inh|gd|sga|cuilén||pup, cub}} Old Irish cuilén (“pup, cub”), {{inh|gd|cel-pro|*kolignos||whelp}} Proto-Celtic *kolignos (“whelp”) Head templates: {{head|gd|proper noun|genitive|Cailein|vocative|a Chailein|g=m}} Cailean m (genitive Cailein, vocative a Chailein)
  1. a male given name from Old Irish, equivalent to English Colin, though they are etymologically unrelated Tags: masculine
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