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glúin

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See also: glùin

Irish

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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glúin f (genitive singular glúine, nominative plural glúine)

  1. 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 glúinfrom generation to generation
    an ghlúin atá anois annthe present generation
  3. step in series
    glúin staighrestep of stairs
  4. (botany) node

Declension

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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

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of glúin
radical lenition eclipsis
glúin ghlúin nglúin

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 126

Old Irish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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glúin

  1. dative singular of glún

Mutation

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Mutation of glúin
radical lenition nasalization
glúin glúin
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/
nglúin

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.