muileann

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish muilend m (“mill”), from Late Latin molīnum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɪlʲən̪ˠ/

Noun

muileann m (genitive singular muilinn, nominative plural muilte)

Declension

Declension of muileann

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	muileann	muilte
Vocative	a mhuilinn	a mhuilte
Genitive	muilinn	muilte
Dative	muileann	muilte

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an muileann	na muilte
Genitive	an mhuilinn	na muilte
Dative	leis an muileann don mhuileann	leis na muilte

Derived terms

Terms derived from muileann

muileann airgid m (“minting-press”)
muileann arbhair m (“corn-mill”)
muileann brúite m (“stamping-mill”)
muileann cadáis m (“cotton-mill”)
muileann caife m (“coffee-mill”)
muileann coise m (“tread-mill”)
muileann gaile m (“steam mill”)

muileann gaoithe m (“windmill; pinwheel”)
muileann iarainn m (“ironworks”)
muileann ladair m (“scoop-wheel mill”)
muileann olla m (“woollen-mill”)
muileann páipéir m (“paper-mill”)
muileann piobair m (“pepper-mill”)
muileann plúir m (“flour-mill”)

muileann púdair m (“powder-mill”)
muileann rolláin m (“rolling-mill”)
muileann sábhadóireachta m (“sawmill”)
muileann síoda m (“silk-mill”)
muileann sníomhacháin m (“spinning-mill”)
muileann uisce m (“watermill”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
muileann	mhuileann	not applicable
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 Late Latin molīnum.

Noun

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

mill

Derived terms

Terms derived from muileann

muileann-gaoithe (“windmill”)
muileann-pàipeir (“paper mill”)

muileann-pronnaidh (“pulp mill”)
muileann-sàbhaidh (“sawmill”)

muileann-uisge (“water mill”)

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

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