glúin, f. (gs. & npl. ~e, gpl. -ún).1. Knee. (a)Dul ar do ghlúine, to go on one’s knees, to kneel. Chaith sé é féin ar a dhá ghlúin, he threw himself on his knees (in supplication). Tháinig sé anuas ar a dhá ghlúin ag achainí orm, he appealed to me on bended knee. Do ghlúin a chur fút, to get down on one’s knee. Níor chuir sé ~ faoi le fada, he hasn’t knelt (in prayer) for a long time. Níor bhuail sé a ghlúin faoi shagart ó shin, he hasn’t knelt before a priest (in confession) since then. Leanbh a chur ar do ghlúin(e), to take a child on one’s knee(s). Bróga, bríste, glún, knee-boots, -breeches. (b)Ar a ghlúine beaga, on his hunkers. 2. Generation. (a)Ó ghlúin go ~, from generation to generation. Trí ghlúin daoine, three generations of people. An ghlúin óg, the younger generation. An ghlúin atá anois ann, a tháinig romhainn, atá ag éirí aníos, the present, preceding, rising, generation. (b) Step in descent. ~ ghaoil, degree of relationship. ~ ghinealaigh, step in pedigree. (c) (Of person(s)) An chéad ghlúin ó Art, the first descendant(s) of Art. Mise an dara ~ uaidh, I am his descendant in the second generation. Is iad an treas ~ iad, they are related in the third degree; they are second cousins. Ba é ~ oiliúna na heagna é, he was the nurturer of wisdom in his day. 3. (a) Step in series. ~ staighre, step of stairs. (b)Carp:Mec: Knee, angular timber. 4. Bean ghlúine, midwife. 5. Bot: Node.