beàrnan-Brìde
Scottish Gaelic
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom beàrn (“notch”) + -an + Brìde (“Saint Brigid”), referring to the flower first blooming around the holiday of Là Fhéill Brìde (“Saint Brigid's Day”), celebrated on February 1st.
Alternatively, from brìgh (“sap, juice”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbeàrnan-Brìde m (genitive singular beàrnain-Bhrìde, plural beàrnain-Bhrìde)
Synonyms
editblàth-buidhe, caisearbhan nam muc, fiacaill-leòmhainn
References
edit“beàrnan-Brìde” in Am Faclair Beag - Scottish Gaelic Dictionary.
Cameron, J. (1883). Taraxacum dens-leonis, in Gaelic names of plants (Scottish and Irish). United Kingdom: (n.p.), p. 37