glúin

See also: glùin

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish glún, from Proto-Celtic *glūnos, 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)

1. (anatomy) knee

   Chuaigh sé ar a dhá ghlúin. ― He got down on his knees.

   Chuir sí a glúin fúithi. ― She got down on one knee.

2. generation

   ó ghlúin go glúin ― from generation to generation

   an ghlúin atá anois ann ― the present generation

3. step in series

   glúin staighre ― step of stairs

4. (botany) node

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
• caipín glúine
• capán glúine
• feacadh glúine
• filleadh glúine
• gealacán glúine
• glúin óg
• glúine scrábhacha
• ríomhaire glúine

 

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

1. 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.