muileann

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish muilend m (“mill”), from Late Latin molīnum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɪlʲən̪ˠ/

Noun

muileann m (genitive singular muilinn, nominative plural muilte)

Declension

Declension of muileann

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	muileann	muilte
Vocative	a mhuilinn	a mhuilte
Genitive	muilinn	muilte
Dative	muileann	muilte

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an muileann	na muilte
Genitive	an mhuilinn	na muilte
Dative	leis an muileann don mhuileann	leis na muilte

Derived terms

muileann airgid m (“minting-press”)
muileann arbhair m (“corn-mill”)
muileann brúite m (“stamping-mill”)
muileann cadáis m (“cotton-mill”)
muileann caife m (“coffee-mill”)
muileann coise m (“tread-mill”)
muileann gaile m (“steam mill”)
muileann gaoithe m (“windmill; pinwheel”)
muileann iarainn m (“ironworks”)
muileann ladair m (“scoop-wheel mill”)
muileann olla m (“woollen-mill”)
muileann páipéir m (“paper-mill”)
muileann piobair m (“pepper-mill”)
muileann plúir m (“flour-mill”)
muileann púdair m (“powder-mill”)
muileann rolláin m (“rolling-mill”)
muileann sábhadóireachta m (“sawmill”)
muileann síoda m (“silk-mill”)
muileann sníomhacháin m (“spinning-mill”)
muileann uisce m (“watermill”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
muileann	mhuileann	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"muileann" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“muilend” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish muilend m (“mill”), from Late Latin molīnum.

Noun

muileann m or f (genitive singular muilinn or muilne, plural muileannan or muilnean)

mill

Derived terms

muileann-gaoithe (“windmill”)
muileann-luadhaidh (“fulling mill”)
muileann-pàipeir (“paper mill”)
muileann-pronnaidh (“pulp mill”)
muileann-sàbhaidh (“sawmill”)
muileann-uisge (“water mill”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
muileann	mhuileann
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
“muilend” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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