muileann

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish muilenn m (“mill”), from Late Latin molīnum.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɪlʲən̪ˠ/^[2]

Noun

muileann m (genitive singular muilinn, nominative plural muilte)

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.

References

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “muilend”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 129, page 50

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Lewis) IPA^(key): /ˈmũlɪɲ/^[1] (as if spelt muilinn)
(Uist, Barra, Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /ˈmũlən̪ˠ/, /ˈmũlən/^[2]

Noun

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

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”)

References

^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

muileann

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