uinneag
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish fuindeóc, from Old Norse vindauga (literally “wind's eye”). Cognate with Scots winnock, English window, all from the same Old Norse source.
Noun edit
uinneag f (genitive singular uinneige, plural uinneagan)
- (architecture) window
- Synonym: (archaic) feinistear
- Dùin an uinneag. ― Close the window.
- uinneagan nèimh ― windows of heaven
- a' gearradh a-mach uinneagan ― cutting out windows
- (architecture, obsolete) recess in the wall of a kitchen used as a repository for miscellaneous articles
Declension edit
Declension of uinneag (class IIa feminine noun)
Indefinite | ||
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Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | uinneag | uinneagan |
Genitive | uinneige, uinneig | uinneag |
Dative | uinneig | uinneagan; uinneagaibh* |
Definite | ||
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | (an) uinneag | (na) h-uinneagan |
Genitive | (na) h-uinneige, h-uinneig | (nan) uinneag |
Dative | (an) uinneig | (na) h-uinneagan; h-uinneagaibh* |
Vocative | (a) uinneag | (a) uinneaga |
*obsolete form, was used until the 19th century
Derived terms edit
- dall-uinneag (“square cavity used as a shelf in the wall of a room”)
- far-uinneag, tar-uinneag (“lattice, casement”)
- for-uinneag (“balcony; lattice; window-shutter”)
- lìon-uinneag (“lattice”)
- oir uinneige, sòla uinneige (“windowsill”)
- uinneag bàta (“porthole”)
- uinneag bhannach (“casement window”)
- uinneag cearcaill (“bay window”)
- uinneag chrochte (“sash window”)
- uinneag còmhlaidh (“swivel window”)
- uinneag dà-ghlainne, dà-ghlainneach (“double-glazed window”)
- uinneag mullaich (“dormer-window”)
Mutation edit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
uinneag | n-uinneag | h-uinneag | t-uinneag |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “uinneag”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fuindeóc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language