uinnag

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish fuindeóc (compare Irish fuinneog, Scottish Gaelic uinneag), from Old Norse vindauga (literally “wind's eye”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [onˈjaɡ]

Noun

uinnag f (genitive singular uinnag, plural uinnagyn)

1. window

   Cha row uinnag slane 'sy thie. ― There wasn't an entire window in the house.

   Foshleeym yn uinnag? ― Shall I open the window?

   Haink eh stiagh er yn uinnag. ― He came through the window.

   Ta'n uinnag jeeaghyn lesh y twoaie. ― The window faces north.

   Ta'n uinnag sollys ayns y sheear. ― The window is bright in the west.

   Va'n uinnag kiart er ve brisht ec y gheay. ― The window had just been broken by the wind.

Derived terms

• uinnag charriads (“carriage window”)
• uinnag chasemint, uinnag oslee, uinnag yeushanagh (“casement window”)
• uinnag chlea (“dormer window, skylight”)
• uinnag chleeah (“lattice window”)
• uinnag chooyl (“rear light”)
• uinnag chruinn, uinnag volganagh (“bull's-eye window”)
• uinnag far-ghorrys, uinnag hrasnane (“transom window”)
• uinnag gharrad (“garret window”)
• uinnag happ (“shop window”)
• uinnag hash (“sash window”)
• uinnag hostynagh, uinnag vowagh (“bow window”)
• uinnag lattagh (“louvre”)
• uinnag lhuingey (“porthole”)
• uinnag ny sooilley (“cornea”)
• uinnag sleaystagh (“fanlight”)
• uinnag sterrym (“storm window”)
• uinnag veg (“eyehole”)
• uinnag wheeylagh (“wheel window”)
• uinnagyn feed bleeaney (“ancient lights”)
• uinnagyn greie traenagh (“cab spectacles”)

 

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fuindeóc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language