glùn
See also: glún
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish glún, dissimilated from earlier Proto-Celtic *gnūnos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.
Noun
glùn f (genitive singular glùine, plural glùinean or glùintean)
- (anatomy) knee, joint
- lap
- joint (in a plant's stem)
- generation, race
- step, degree (in a pedigree)
- descendant
Synonyms
- (lap): uchd
- (generation): ginealach, linn
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| glùn | ghlùn |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “glùn”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “glún”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language