glúin

See also: glùin

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish glún, from Proto-Celtic *glūnos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu. Cognate with Breton glin (“knee”), Scottish Gaelic glùin and Welsh glin (“knee”), and further English knee, Latin genū (“knee”).

Pronunciation

Noun

glúin f (genitive singular glúine, nominative plural glúine)

  1. (anatomy) knee
    Chuaigh sé ar a dhá ghlúin. ― He got down on his knees.
    Chuir sí a glúin fúithi. ― She got down on one knee.
  2. generation
    ó ghlúin go glúin ― from generation to generation
    an ghlúin atá anois ann ― the present generation
  3. step in series
    glúin staighre ― step of stairs
  4. (botany) node

Declension
Declension of glúin

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative glúin glúine
Vocative a ghlúin a ghlúine
Genitive glúine glún
Dative glúin glúine

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ghlúin na glúine
Genitive na glúine na nglún
Dative leis an nglúin

don ghlúin

 leis na glúine

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
glúin ghlúin nglúin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡluːnʲ/

Noun

glúin

  1. dative singular of glún

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
glúin glúin
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/		 nglúin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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