See also: glùin

Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish glún, from Proto-Celtic *glūnos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu. Cognate with Breton glin (knee), Scottish Gaelic glùin and Welsh glin (knee), and further English knee, Latin genū (knee).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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glúin f (genitive singular glúine, nominative plural glúine)

  1. knee
    Chuaigh sé ar a dhá ghlúin.He got down on his knees.
    Chuir sí a glúin fúithi.She got down on one knee.
  2. generation
    ó ghlúin go glúinfrom generation to generation
    an ghlúin atá anois annthe present generation
  3. step in series
    glúin staighrestep of stairs
  4. (botany) node

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
glúin ghlúin nglúin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 126

Old Irish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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glúin

  1. dative singular of glún

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
glúin glúin
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/
nglúin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.