uillinn

Irish

Alternative forms

• uille

Etymology

From Old Irish uilen (“elbow, forearm; angle, corner”), from Proto-Celtic *olīnā.

Pronunciation

• (Waterford, Cork) IPA^(key): /ˈɪlʲɪɲ/
• (Kerry) IPA^(key): /ˈɪlʲənʲ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɪl̠ʲən̠ʲ/

Noun

uillinn f (genitive singular uillinne or uilne or uilleann, nominative plural uilleannacha or uilneacha)

1. elbow

   ar uillinn (duine) ― at (someone)'s elbow

2. elbow-shaped bend; corner, angle
3. (geometry) angle

Usage notes

• The normal genitive is uillinne, but in certain contexts it is uilleann.

Declension

Declension of uillinn

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative uillinn uilleannacha Vocative a uillinn a uilleannacha Genitive uillinne uilleannacha Dative uillinn uilleannacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an uillinn na huilleannacha Genitive na huillinne na n-uilleannacha Dative leis an uillinn don uillinn leis na huilleannacha

Alternative declension

Declension of uillinn

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative uillinn uilneacha Vocative a uillinn a uilneacha Genitive uilne uilneacha Dative uillinn uilneacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an uillinn na huilneacha Genitive na huilne na n-uilneacha Dative leis an uillinn don uillinn leis na huilneacha

Derived terms

• an uillinn a thabhairt do (“to elbow, nudge”)
• bíomal uillinne (“angle-brace”)
• cathaoir uilleann (“arm-chair”)
• dronuillinn (“right angle”)
• frithuillinn (“return angle”)
• iarann uillinne (“angle-iron”)
• in uillinn a chéile (“arm in arm”)
• píb uilleann (“uilleann pipes”)
• treo-uillinn (“bearing”)
• uilleach (“angular”)
• uillinn airde (“angle of elevation”)
• uillinn ar bhóthar (“sharp turn, elbow, in road”)
• uillinn ar uillinn (“arm in arm”)
• uillinn ghéar (“acute angle”)
• uillinn istigh (“interior angle”)
• uillinn píopa (“elbow of pipe”)
• uillinn sceabhach (“oblique angle”)
• uillinn teagmhála (“contact angle”)
• uillinn theorantach (“limiting angle”)
• uillinntomhas (“protractor”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uillinn	n-uillinn	huillinn	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uillinn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “uilen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language