bàrr
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish barr (“top, tip, end; crop, produce”), from Proto-Celtic *barros (compare Middle Welsh barr), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰers-.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bàrr m (genitive singular barra, plural barran)
Derived terms edit
- 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”)