uisinn

• uise
• uisin (obsolete)

From Middle Irish uisin. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic oisinn.

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɪʃənʲ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɪʃən̠ʲ/

uisinn f (genitive singular uisinne or uiseann, nominative plural uisinní or uiseanna)

1. temple (of the head)

Standard forms:

Alternative forms:

• cnámh na huisinne (“temporal bone”)
• maothán na huisinne (“temporal lobe”)
• uisinneach (“temporal”)

• “uisinn”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ussin, usine, uisin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “uisinn”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uisinn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 69