English

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Etymology

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From while +‎ -een.

Noun

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whileen (plural whileens)

  1. (Ireland) A little while; a short time.

Yola

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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whileen

  1. upset
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Whileen to thee.
      That you may be upset.

Verb

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whileen

  1. present participle of whil

References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 78