cuishlin

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish cuisle (“pipe, tube”), from Old Irish cusle, of obscure origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuʃlʲənʲ/

Noun

cuishlin f (genitive singular cuishlin, plural cuishleeyn or cuishlinyn)

  1. Vein, lode
    • As tra haink eh stiagh ayns y chabbane eek, cur-my-ner, va Sisera ny lhie marroo, as y kibbin trooid cuishlin e ching. (Book of Judges 4:22)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.