beàrn
See also: bearn, Bearn, Béarn, and Bèarn
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish bern, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“to pierce”).[1] Cognate with Irish bearna.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pjaːrˠn̪ˠ/
Noun
beàrn m or f (genitive singular bèirn or beàirn, plural beàrnan)
- notch (cut)
- gap
- space, opening
References
- MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “bearn”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN