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muileann

muileann

Irish

Noun

muileann m (genitive singular muilinn, nominative plural muilte)

  1. mill
  2. grinding apparatus
  3. manufactory

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
muileann mhuileann unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • "muileann" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • muilend” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish muilend m (mill), from Latin molīnus.

Noun

muileann m, f (genitive singular muilinn or muilne, plural muileannan or muilnean)

  1. mill

Derived terms

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 0 901771 92 9
  • muilend” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.