bàrr
See also: barr, Barr, barr-, bárr, bärr, and Bärr
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish barr (“top, tip, end; crop, produce”), from Proto-Celtic *barros (compare Middle Welsh barr).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paːrˠ/
Noun
bàrr m (genitive singular barra, plural barran)
- peak, top, crest
- point, tip
Derived terms
- air bàrr teangaidh (“on the tip of one's tongue”)
- bàrr a' chinn (“top, crown (of head)”)
- bhàrr (“down from, from off”)
- dèan bun no bàrr (“make head or tail”)