colainn

From Old Irish colinn (“body, flesh, corpse”),^[1] from Proto-Celtic *kolanis, from Proto-Indo-European *kel(H)-, whence also Proto-Germanic *huldą (“corpse, carcass”).^[2]

• (Waterford, Cork) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔl̪ˠɪɲ/
• (Kerry) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔl̪ˠənʲ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔlˠən̠ʲ/

colainn f (genitive singular colainne or colla, nominative plural colainneacha or colla)

1. body (especially but not exclusively living)

   Synonyms: cabhail, corp

2. flesh (human body as a physical entity; evil, sin, corruption)

   pléisiúir na colla ― pleasures of the flesh

• collaí (“carnal”, adjective)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “colainn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “colainn”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɔl̪ˠəɲ/

colainn m

1. genitive singular of colann