uinneag
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
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
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
Declension of uinneag (class IIa feminine noun)
| Indefinite | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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
- 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
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “uinneag”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 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
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