glúin
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See also: glùin
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish glún, from Proto-Celtic *glūnos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu. Cognate with Breton glin (“knee”), Scottish Gaelic glùin and Welsh glin (“knee”), and further English knee, Latin genū (“knee”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster, Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ɡl̪ˠuːnʲ/
- (Aran) IPA(key): /ɡluːn/[1]
- (Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): /ɡlˠuːnʲ/, /ɡlˠuːnʲ/
Noun
[edit]glúin f (genitive singular glúine, nominative plural glúine)
- knee
- Chuaigh sé ar a dhá ghlúin. ― He got down on his knees.
- Chuir sí a glúin fúithi. ― She got down on one knee.
- generation
- ó ghlúin go glúin ― from generation to generation
- an ghlúin atá anois ann ― the present generation
- step in series
- glúin staighre ― step of stairs
- (botany) node
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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glúin | ghlúin | nglúin |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 126
Old Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]glúin
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | nasalization |
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glúin | glúin pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ |
nglúin |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
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