roithleán

Irish

Alternative forms

• roilleán, roithín, roithleog, roithlín, roithneal, rothlán
• raithléan, rethlén, roithlén, roithlenn, roithleun (obsolete)

Etymology

From roth +‎ -leán

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɾˠɨ̞hlʲanˠ/, /ˈɾˠɨ̞hlʲan̪ˠ/

Noun

roithleán m (genitive singular roithleáin, nominative plural roithleáin)

1. any sort of round or revolving circle or disc, specifically:
   1. small wheel (not usually of a vehicle)

      Synonym: roth (of a vehicle)

   2. pulley
   3. roller, caster
   4. reel, spool
2. (figuratively) mental confusion

   Tá mo cheann ina roithleán/Tá roithleán i mo cheann

   My head is spinning/My head is in a whirl

Declension

Declension of roithleán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative roithleán roithleáin Vocative a roithleáin a roithleána Genitive roithleáin roithleán Dative roithleán roithleáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an roithleán na roithleáin Genitive an roithleáin na roithleán Dative leis an roithleán don roithleán leis na roithleáin

Derived terms

• roithleán eiteáin (“spindle whorl”)
• roithleán beilte (“belt pulley”)
• roithleán slíobtha (“buffing wheel”)
• roithleán teannais (“tension pulley, tension roller”)

Further reading

• “roithleán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “roithlén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “roiṫleán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 577
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 85
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “roithleán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN