Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• fuinnseann
• uimhseann
• uinnse
• uinseann

Noun

uinnseann m ‎(genitive singular uinnsinn)

1. The ash tree

   Seach an Darach 's an t-Uinnseann, 's iad geàrrt' dhan làr...‎

   For the oak and the Ash, they are cut to the ground...

2. The wood of the ash tree

Derived terms

• gall-uinnseann ‎(“quickbeam”)

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