uisinn

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish uisin.[2] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic oisinn.

Pronunciation

Noun

uisinn f (genitive singular uisinne or uiseann, nominative plural uisinní or uiseanna)

  1. temple (of the head)

Declension

Standard forms:

Declension of uisinn (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative uisinn uisinní
vocative a uisinn a uisinní
genitive uisinne uisinní
dative uisinn uisinní
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an uisinn na huisinní
genitive na huisinne na n-uisinní
dative leis an uisinn
don uisinn 		leis na huisinní

Alternative forms:

Declension of uisinn (fifth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative uisinn uiseanna
vocative a uisinn a uiseanna
genitive uiseann uiseanna
dative uisinn uiseanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an uisinn na huiseanna
genitive na huiseann na n-uiseanna
dative leis an uisinn
don uisinn 		leis na huiseanna

Derived terms

  • cnámh na huisinne (“temporal bone”)
  • maothán na huisinne (“temporal lobe”)
  • uisinneach (“temporal”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of uisinn
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
uisinn n-uisinn huisinn not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ “uisinn”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ussin, usine, uisin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 133, page 69

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “uisinn”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1296; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uisinn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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