muileann

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish muilenn m (“mill”), from Late Latin molīnum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɪlʲən̪ˠ/

Noun

muileann m (genitive singular muilinn, nominative plural muilte)

1. mill
2. grinding apparatus
3. manufactory

Declension

Declension of muileann (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative muileann muilte vocative a mhuilinn a mhuilte genitive muilinn muilte dative muileann muilte forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an muileann na muilte genitive an mhuilinn na muilte dative leis an muileann don mhuileann leis na muilte

Derived terms

• An Muileann gCearr (“Mullingar”)
• muileann airgid m (“minting-press”)
• muileann arbhair m (“corn-mill”)
• muileann brúite m (“stamping-mill”)
• muileann cadáis m (“cotton-mill”)
• muileann caife m (“coffee-mill”)
• muileann coise m (“tread-mill”)
• muileann gaile m (“steam mill”)
• muileann gaoithe m (“windmill”)
• muileann iarainn m (“ironworks”)
• muileann ladair m (“scoop-wheel mill”)
• muileann olla m (“woollen-mill”)
• muileann páipéir m (“paper-mill”)
• muileann piobair m (“pepper-mill”)
• muileann plúir m (“flour-mill”)
• muileann púdair m (“powder-mill”)
• muileann rolláin m (“rolling-mill”)
• muileann sábhadóireachta m (“sawmill”)
• muileann síoda m (“silk-mill”)
• muileann sníomhacháin m (“spinning-mill”)
• muileann uisce m (“watermill”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of muileann

radical	lenition	eclipsis
muileann	mhuileann	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “muileann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish muilend m (“mill”), from Late Latin molīnum.

Pronunciation

• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /ˈmũlɪɲ/ (as if spelt muilinn)
• (Uist, Barra, Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /ˈmũlən̪ˠ/, /ˈmũlən/

Noun

muileann m or f (genitive singular muilinn or muilne, plural muileannan or muilnean)

1. mill

Derived terms

• muileann-gaoithe (“windmill”)
• muileann-luadhaidh (“fulling mill”)
• muileann-pàipeir (“paper mill”)
• muileann-pronnaidh (“pulp mill”)
• muileann-sàbhaidh (“sawmill”)
• muileann-uisge (“water mill”)
• ruigidh each mall muileann (“slow and steady wins the race”)

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “muileann”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “muilend”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language