sòrn

See also: sorn and SORN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish sorn (“furnace, oven, kiln”), from Latin furnus.

Noun

sòrn m (genitive singular sùirn, plural sùirn)

1. snout
2. flue of a kiln or oven
3. concavity
4. (Uist) kiln for drying corn
5. disagreeable visage
6. hearth
7. fireplace of an oven or kiln

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “sòrn”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sorn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language