roithleán

Irish

Alternative forms

  • roilleán, roithín, roithleog, roithlín, roithneal, rothlán
  • raithléan, rethlén, roithlén, roithlenn, roithleun (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From roth +‎ -leán

Pronunciation

Noun

roithleán m (genitive singular roithleáin, nominative plural roithleáin)

  1. any sort of round or revolving circle or disc, specifically:
    1. small wheel (not usually of a vehicle)
      Synonym: roth (of a vehicle)
    2. pulley
    3. roller, caster
    4. reel, spool
  2. (figuratively) mental confusion
    Tá mo cheann ina roithleán/Tá roithleán i mo cheann
    My head is spinning/My head is in a whirl

Declension

Declension of roithleán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative roithleán roithleáin
vocative a roithleáin a roithleána
genitive roithleáin roithleán
dative roithleán roithleáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an roithleán na roithleáin
genitive an roithleáin na roithleán
dative leis an roithleán
don roithleán 		leis na roithleáin

Derived terms

  • roithleán beilte (“belt pulley”)
  • roithleán eiteáin (“spindle whorl”)
  • roithleán slíobtha (“buffing wheel”)
  • roithleán teannais (“tension pulley, tension roller”)

References

  1. ^ “roithleán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 232, page 85

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