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)

  1. notch (cut)
  2. gap
  3. space, opening

References

  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “bearn”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN
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