roithleán

Irish

Alternative forms

• roilleán, roithín, roithleog, roithlín, roithneal, rothlán
• raithléan, rethlén, roithlén, roithlenn, roithleun (obsolete)

Etymology

From roth +‎ -leán

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɾˠɨ̞hlʲanˠ/, /ˈɾˠɨ̞hlʲan̪ˠ/

Noun

roithleán m (genitive singular roithleáin, nominative plural roithleáin)

1. any sort of round or revolving circle or disc, specifically:
   1. small wheel (not usually of a vehicle)

      Synonym: roth (of a vehicle)

   2. pulley
   3. roller, caster
   4. reel, spool
2. (figuratively) mental confusion

   Tá mo cheann ina roithleán/Tá roithleán i mo cheann

   My head is spinning/My head is in a whirl

Declension

Declension of roithleán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative roithleán roithleáin vocative a roithleáin a roithleána genitive roithleáin roithleán dative roithleán roithleáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an roithleán na roithleáin genitive an roithleáin na roithleán dative leis an roithleán don roithleán leis na roithleáin

Derived terms

• roithleán eiteáin (“spindle whorl”)
• roithleán beilte (“belt pulley”)
• roithleán slíobtha (“buffing wheel”)
• roithleán teannais (“tension pulley, tension roller”)

Further reading

• “roithleán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “roithlén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “roiṫleán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 577
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 85
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “roithleán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN