uinnseann

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• fuinnseann, uimhseann, uinnse, uinseann

Etymology

From Old Irish uindsend, the genitive of uindes (“ash tree”).

Noun

uinnseann m (genitive singular uinnsinn)

1. The ash tree

   Seach an Darach 's an t-Uinnseann, 's iad geàrrt' dhan làr...

   For the oak and the Ash, they are cut to the ground...

2. The wood of the ash tree

Derived terms

• gall-uinnseann (“quickbeam”)

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “uinnseann”, 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), “uinnius”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language