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uinneag

uinneag

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

uinneag f ‎(genitive singular uinneige, plural uinneagan)

(architecture) window

Dùin an uinneag.‎ ― Close the window.

uinneagan nèimh‎ ― windows of heaven

a' gearradh a-mach uinneagan‎ ― cutting out windows
(architecture, obsolete) Recess in the wall of a kitchen used as a repository for miscellaneous articles.

Derived terms

Terms derived from uinneag

far-uinneag, tar-uinneag ‎(“lattice, casement”)
oir uinneige, sòla uinneige ‎(“windowsill”)
dall-uinneag ‎(“square cavity used as a shelf in the wall of a room”)
for-uinneag ‎(“balcony; lattice; window-shutter”)

lìon-uinneag ‎(“lattice”)
uinneag bàta ‎(“porthole”)
uinneag bhannach ‎(“casement window”)
uinneag cearcaill ‎(“bay window”)

uinneag chrochte ‎(“sash window”)
uinneag còmhlaidh ‎(“swivel window”)
uinneag mullaich ‎(“dormer-window”)
uinneag dà-ghlainne, dà-ghlainneach ‎(“double-glazed window”)

Mutation

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

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
“fuindeóc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.