uillinn
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish uilen (“elbow, forearm; angle, corner”), from Proto-Celtic *olīnā.
Pronunciation edit
- (Waterford, Cork) IPA(key): /ˈɪlʲɪɲ/
- (Kerry) IPA(key): /ˈɪlʲənʲ/
- (Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɪl̠ʲən̠ʲ/
Noun edit
uillinn f (genitive singular uillinne or uilne or uilleann, nominative plural uilleannacha or uilneacha)
Usage notes edit
Declension edit
Declension of uillinn
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Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative declension
Declension of uillinn
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms edit
- an uillinn a thabhairt do (“to elbow, nudge”)
- bíomal uillinne (“angle-brace”)
- cathaoir uilleann (“arm-chair”)
- dronuillinn (“right angle”)
- frithuillinn (“return angle”)
- iarann uillinne (“angle-iron”)
- in uillinn a chéile (“arm in arm”)
- píb uilleann (“uilleann pipes”)
- treo-uillinn (“bearing”)
- uilleach (“angular”)
- uillinn airde (“angle of elevation”)
- uillinn ar bhóthar (“sharp turn, elbow, in road”)
- uillinn ar uillinn (“arm in arm”)
- uillinn ghéar (“acute angle”)
- uillinn istigh (“interior angle”)
- uillinn píopa (“elbow of pipe”)
- uillinn sceabhach (“oblique angle”)
- uillinn teagmhála (“contact angle”)
- uillinn theorantach (“limiting angle”)
- uillinntomhas (“protractor”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
uillinn | n-uillinn | huillinn | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uillinn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “uilen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language