uinnseann
Scottish Gaelic
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish uindsend, the genitive of uindes (“ash tree”).
Noun
edituinnseann m (genitive singular uinnsinn)
- The ash tree
- The wood of the ash tree
Derived terms
edit- gall-uinnseann (“quickbeam”)
References
edit- Edward Dwelly (1911) “uinnseann”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “uinnius”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language