uisinn

Irish

Alternative forms

• uise
• uisin (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish uisin. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic oisinn.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɪʃənʲ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɪʃən̠ʲ/

Noun

uisinn f (genitive singular uisinne or uiseann, nominative plural uisinní or uiseanna)

1. temple (of the head)

Declension

Standard forms:

Declension of uisinn

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative uisinn uisinní Vocative a uisinn a uisinní Genitive uisinne uisinní Dative uisinn uisinní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an uisinn na huisinní Genitive na huisinne na n-uisinní Dative leis an uisinn don uisinn leis na huisinní

Alternative forms:

Declension of uisinn

Fifth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative uisinn uiseanna Vocative a uisinn a uiseanna Genitive uiseann uiseanna Dative uisinn uiseanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an uisinn na huiseanna Genitive na huiseann na n-uiseanna Dative leis an uisinn don uisinn leis na huiseanna

Derived terms

• cnámh na huisinne (“temporal bone”)
• maothán na huisinne (“temporal lobe”)
• uisinneach (“temporal”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uisinn	n-uisinn	huisinn	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “uisinn”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ussin, usine, uisin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “uisinn”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uisinn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 69