uillinn
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish uilen (“elbow, forearm; angle, corner”), from Proto-Celtic *olīnā.
Pronunciation
Noun
uillinn f (genitive singular uillinne or uilne or uilleann, nominative plural uilleannacha or uilneacha)
Declension
Declension of uillinn
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative declension
Declension of uillinn
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- 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
| 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
- 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
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