glúin

See also: glùin

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish glún, dissimilated from earlier Proto-Celtic *gnūnos, 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

• IPA^(key): /ɡl̪ˠuːnʲ/
• IPA^(key): /ɡluːn/
• IPA^(key): /ɡlˠuːnʲ/

Noun

glúin f (genitive singular glúine, nominative plural glúine)

1. (anatomy) knee
2. generation

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 (“midwife”)
• caipín glúine, gealacán glúine (“kneecap”)

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.

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡluːnʲ/

Noun

glúin

1. Template:dative singular of

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.