uinnseann
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish uindsend, the genitive of uindes (“ash tree”).
Noun
[edit]uinnseann m (genitive singular uinnsinn)
- The ash tree
- The wood of the ash tree
Derived terms
[edit]- gall-uinnseann (“quickbeam”)
References
[edit]- Edward Dwelly (1911) “uinnseann”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “uinnius”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language