beàrn
Scottish Gaelic
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish bern, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“to pierce”).[1] Cognate with Irish bearna.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbeàrn m or f (genitive singular bèirn or beàirn, plural beàrnan)
References
edit- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “bearn”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
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