uinneag

== Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Middle Irish fuindeóc, from Old Norse vindauga (literally “wind's eye”). Cognate with Scots winnock, English window, all from the same Old Norse source. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɯɲak/ (Lewis) IPA(key): [ˈɨ̃ɲak] === Noun === uinneag f (genitive singular uinneige, plural uinneagan) (architecture) window Synonym: (archaic) feinistear dùin an uinneag! ― close the window! saoil an dùin thu an uinneag? ― would you please close the window? (literally, “I wonder if you would close the window”) a' tighinn air an uinneig ― coming through the window (i.e. climbing through it while open) a' tighinn tron uinneig ― coming through the window (i.e. crashing through it while closed) a' gearradh a-mach uinneagan ― cutting out windows (architecture, obsolete) recess in the wall of a kitchen used as a repository for miscellaneous articles ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === References === Edward Dwelly (1911), “uinneag”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fuindeóc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language