glúin

See also: glùin

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish glún, dissimilated from earlier Proto-Celtic *gnūnos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu. Cognate with Breton glin (“knee”), Scottish Gaelic glùin and Welsh glin (“knee”), and further English knee, Latin genū (“knee”).

Pronunciation

(Munster, Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ɡl̪ˠuːnʲ/
(Aran) IPA^(key): /ɡluːn/
(Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɡlˠuːnʲ/

Noun

glúin f (genitive singular glúine, nominative plural glúine)

(anatomy) knee
generation

Declension

Declension of glúin

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	glúin	glúine
Vocative	a ghlúin	a ghlúine
Genitive	glúine	glún
Dative	glúin	glúine

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an ghlúin	na glúine
Genitive	na glúine	na nglún
Dative	leis an nglúin don ghlúin	leis na glúine

Derived terms

bean ghlúine (“midwife”)
caipín glúine, gealacán glúine (“kneecap”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
glúin	ghlúin	nglúin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡluːnʲ/

Noun

glúin

dative singular of glún

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
glúin	glúin pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/	nglúin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.