fuin

See also: fūin

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish fuinid, from Old Irish fo·noí. Cognate with Manx fuinn.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fuɲ/

Verb

fuin (past dh'fhuin, future fuinidh, verbal noun fuine or fuineadh, past participle fuinte)

  1. bake bread
  2. knead

Derived terms
  • fuineadaireachd f (“trade or business of a baker, baking”)

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “fuin”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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