OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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uinnean, ankle:
uinnseann, ash, Ir. uinseann, M. Ir. fuindseog, ash-tree, O. Ir. ind-huinnius, W. on, onen, earlier onn, onnen, Br. ounnenn. Cor. onnen: *osnâ, *osnestu-; Lat. ornus (*osinos); Lit. ůsis, ahs, Russ. jasenǐ. Cf. Eng. ash.
uipear, unhandy craftsman, bungler:
uipinn, a treasure, hoard; cf. uibe.
ùir, mould, dust, earth, Ir., M. Ir. úir, E. Ir. úr, g. úire: *ûrâ; Norse aurr, loam, wet clay, mud, Ag. S. eár, humus. Stokes hesitates between *ûrâ and *ugrâ, Gr. ὑγρός, wet.
uircean, a young pig, Ir. uircín, M. Ir. orcán, porcellus, oircnín (do.), orc, porcus; *porko-s; Lat. porcus; Eng. farrow, pork; Lit. pàrszas, boar.
uiread, as much, amount, Ir. oiread, O. Ir. erat, airet, length of time, distance, cia eret, quamdiu: *are-vet-to-, root vet of feith.
uireas, below, down; see ioras.
uireasbhuidh, need, poverty, so Ir., M. Ir. auresbadh; from air and easbhuidh, q.v.
uirghioll, faculty of speech, speech, Ir. uirghíol, a command (O'B.), uraghall, uradhall, speech (Keat.), E. Ir. uirgill, for ur-fhuigell, M. Ir. urfhoighill:
uiridh, an uiridh, last year, Ir. annuraidh, E. Ir. inn uraid, O. Ir. urid: *peruti; Skr. parut, last year; Gr. πέρυσι, Dor. πέρυτι; root vet of feith.
uirigh, a couch, bed: *air-sed-, root sed of suidhe?
uiriollach, a precipice (H.S.D. from MSS.): *air-ailech, from ail, rock, q.v.
uirisg, offspring of fairy and mortal (M'F.); see ùruisg.
ùirlios, a walled garden, Ir. uirlios (O'B., etc.); from air and lios.
ùirneis, a furnace, Ir. uirnéis, fúirnéis (O'B.), M. Ir. forneis; from Eng. and O. Fr. fornaise, Lat. fornacem, fornax, oven.
ùirneis, tools, implements, Ir. úirnéis (Fol., O'R.), úirlis (Con.); see airneis.
uirsgeil, a spreading (as of dung or hay to dry); from air and sgaoil.
uirsgeul, a fable, romance, so Ir.; from air and sgeul.
ùis, use, utility; from the Eng. use, Lat. ûsus.
uiseag, a lark, Ir. uiseóg, fuiseóg, W. uchedydd, Br. ec'houedez, also W. ucheda, to soar; from *ux, up, as in uas, uasal?
uisg, uisge, water, Ir. uisge, O. Ir. uisce, usce: *ud-s-kio, root ud, ved; Gr. ὕδωρ, ὕδος; Eng. water, etc.; Skr. udán; further Lat. unda, wave. Stokes suggests the possibility of uisge being for *uskio-, and allied to Eng. wash.
