Greetings. I am looking for a Gaelic word (or words) for the physical, living body of a human being (in other words, not a corpse). I searched the archives and came across a few references (chorp, colainne), but I want to be sure I have a nominative case, singular noun. Examples of usage in English are: "Take good care of your body by eating healthy food" and "The body is God's temple."

I would also like to know the pronunciation of the Gaelic.

I appreciate whatever help anyone cares to provide.

Scotti

my dictionairy says colainn, m

"Corp" or "colainn" is fine. I've written them both in the nominative, though if you put the definite article "An" in front of "colainn", it will have to be lenited "An Cholainn", since it is feminine, even in the nominative. "Corp" is maculine and is a borrowed word from the latin "corpus".
Generally if one was to talk of a dead corpse, you would use "corpán", also masculine.

Many thanks for your help!