uinnseann

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “uinnseann”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 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