bearna mhíl

Irish

Etymology

From bearna (“gap”) +‎ míl (genitive singular of míol (“animal; hare”)). The pronunciation given by Finck for Aran Irish suggests a confusion with either bearna bhaoil (“gap of danger, the breach”) or bearna mhaol (“a gap not closed up to the usual height”, literally “bald gap”)[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʲaːɾˠn̪ˠə ˈvʲiːlʲ/
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈbʲaːɾˠn̪ˠə ˈwiːl/[2], (older) /ˈbʲaːɾˠn̪ˠə ˈwɯːl/

Noun

bearna mhíl f (genitive singular bearna mhíl, nominative plural bearnaí míl)

  1. harelip, cleft lip

References

  1. ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “beárna”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 89; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 40

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