oisinn

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Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish uisin. Cognate with Irish uisinn.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

oisinn f (genitive singular oisne, plural oisnean)

  1. corner, angle
    oisinn an taighe ― corner of the house
  2. nook
  3. bevel
  4. temple (of the head)

Mutation[edit]

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
oisinn n-oisinn h-oisinn t-oisinn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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