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Irish
Etymology
From roth + -leán
Pronunciation
Noun
roithleán m (genitive singular roithleáin, nominative plural roithleáin)
- any sort of round or revolving circle or disc, specifically:
- small wheel (not usually of a vehicle)
- Synonym: roth (of a vehicle)
- pulley
- roller, caster
- reel, spool
- (figuratively) mental confusion
Tá mo cheann ina roithleán/Tá roithleán i mo cheann- My head is spinning/My head is in a whirl
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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