uinneag
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish fuindeóc, from Old Norse vindauga (literally “wind's eye”) (compare Scots winnock, English window, from Old English windaége).
Noun
uinneag f (genitive singular uinneige, plural uinneagan)
- (architecture) window
- Dùin an uinneag. ― Close the window.
- uinneagan nèimh ― windows of heaven
- a' gearradh a-mach uinneagan ― cutting out windows
- (architecture, obsolete) Recess in the wall of a kitchen used as a repository for miscellaneous articles.
Derived terms
- dall-uinneag (“square cavity used as a shelf in the wall of a room”)
- for-uinneag (“balcony; lattice; window-shutter”)
- lìon-uinneag (“lattice”)
- uinneag bàta (“porthole”)
- uinneag bhannach (“casement window”)
- uinneag cearcaill (“bay window”)
- uinneag chrochte (“sash window”)
- uinneag còmhlaidh (“swivel window”)
- uinneag mullaich (“dormer-window”)
- far-uinneag, tar-uinneag (“lattice, casement”)
- oir uinneige, sòla uinneige (“windowsill”)
- uinneag dà-ghlainne, dà-ghlainneach (“double-glazed window”)
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| uinneag | n-uinneag | h-uinneag | t-uinneag |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “fuindeóc”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
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