uinnseann

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms
  • fuinnseann
  • uimhseann
  • uinnse
  • uinseann

Etymology

From Old Irish uindsend, the genitive of uindes (“ash tree”).

Noun

uinnseann m (genitive singular uinnsinn)

  1. The ash tree
    Seach an Darach 's an t-Uinnseann, 's iad geàrrt' dhan làr...
    For the oak and the Ash, they are cut to the ground...
  2. The wood of the ash tree

Derived terms
  • gall-uinnseann (“quickbeam”)

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “uinnseann”, 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), “uinnius”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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