uisinn
Irish
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editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish uisin. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic oisinn.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edituisinn f (genitive singular uisinne or uiseann, nominative plural uisinní or uiseanna)
- temple (of the head)
Declension
editStandard forms:
Declension of uisinn
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Alternative forms:
Declension of uisinn
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
edit- cnámh na huisinne (“temporal bone”)
- maothán na huisinne (“temporal lobe”)
- uisinneach (“temporal”)
Mutation
edit| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| uisinn | n-uisinn | huisinn | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
edit- “uisinn”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ussin, usine, uisin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “uisinn”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uisinn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 69