uinnseann

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms
  • fuinnseann
  • uimhseann
  • uinnse
  • uinseann

Etymology

From Old Irish uindsend, the genitive of uindes (“ash tree”).

Noun

uinnseann m (genitive singular uinnsinn)

  1. The ash tree
    Seach an Darach 's an t-Uinnseann, 's iad geàrrt' dhan làr...
    For the oak and the Ash, they are cut to the ground...
  2. The wood of the ash tree

Derived terms
  • gall-uinnseann (“quickbeam”)

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
  • “uinnius” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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