uinnean
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish uinneman, uinniún.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɯɲan/
Noun
uinnean m (genitive singular uinnein, plural uinneanan)
- onion
- (Lochbroom, anatomy) ball of the ankle
- (West of Ross-shire) anvil
- bunion on the foot
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “uinnean”, 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), “uinneman”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “uinniún”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language