uinneag

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish fuindeóc, from Old Norse vindauga (literally “wind's eye”). Doublet of Scots winnock, English window, all from the same Old Norse source.

Noun

uinneag f (genitive singular uinneige, plural uinneagan)

(architecture) window
Dùin an uinneag. ― Close the window.
uinneagan nèimh ― windows of heaven
a' gearradh a-mach uinneagan ― cutting out windows
(architecture, obsolete) Recess in the wall of a kitchen used as a repository for miscellaneous articles.

Synonyms

feinistear (archaic)

Derived terms

dall-uinneag (“square cavity used as a shelf in the wall of a room”)
far-uinneag, tar-uinneag (“lattice, casement”)
for-uinneag (“balcony; lattice; window-shutter”)
lìon-uinneag (“lattice”)
oir uinneige, sòla uinneige (“windowsill”)
uinneag bàta (“porthole”)
uinneag bhannach (“casement window”)
uinneag cearcaill (“bay window”)
uinneag chrochte (“sash window”)
uinneag còmhlaidh (“swivel window”)
uinneag dà-ghlainne, dà-ghlainneach (“double-glazed window”)
uinneag mullaich (“dormer-window”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uinneag	n-uinneag	h-uinneag	t-uinneag
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Edward Dwelly (1911), “uinneag”, 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), “fuindeóc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language