binn

See also: Binn.

Contents

English

Noun

binn (plural binns)

1. Archaic spelling of bin (storage container for wine, etc.)
   • Charles Dickens, Bleak House

     Mr. Tulkinghorn sits at one of the open windows, enjoying a bottle of old port. Though a hard-grained man, close, dry, and silent, he can enjoy old wine with the best. He has a priceless binn of port in some artful cellar under the Fields, which is one of his many secrets.

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Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish bind, binn (“melodious, harmonious; sweet, pleasing”).

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /bʲɪnʲ/
• (Connacht, Munster) IPA^(key): /bʲiːnʲ/

Adjective

binn (genitive singular feminine binne, plural binne, comparative binne)

1. (of music) sweet
2. melodious
3. harmonious

Declension

Declension of binn

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	binn	bhinn	binne; bhinne²
Vocative	bhinn		binne
Genitive		binne	binne	binn
Dative	binn; bhinn¹	bhinn	binne; bhinne²
Comparative	níos binne
Superlative	is binne

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Etymology 2

From Old Irish benn, from Proto-Celtic *bennom (“peak, top”).

Noun

binn f (genitive singular binne, nominative plural beanna)

1. peak, tip, summit (of a mountain or hill)
2. (architecture) corner, gable
3. pinnacle
4. horn
5. (figuratively) stanza, couplet

Declension

Declension of binn

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative binn beanna Vocative a bhinn a bheanna Genitive binne beann Dative binn beanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhinn na beanna Genitive na binne na mbeann Dative leis an mbinn don bhinn leis na beanna

Derived terms

• binn siosúir f (“blade of scissors”)
• biorbheannach m (“pronghorn”)

Related terms

• beann

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
binn	bhinn	mbinn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• "binn" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “binn (‘melodious, harmonious’)”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “benn (‘peak; horn’)”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN

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Old English

Etymology

From a Celtic language

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbinn/

Noun

binn f

1. stall

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Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piːɲ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish bind, binn (“melodious, harmonious; sweet, pleasing”).

Adjective

binn

1. melodious, musical, tuneful, dulcet, sweet

   Èisd ris an òran binn nan eun. ― Listen to the sweet song of the birds.

2. shrill
3. harmonious

Etymology 2

Noun

binn f (genitive singular binne, plural binnean)

1. (law) sentence, judgement, verdict, decision, condemnation
2. fate
3. melody
4. hopper of a mill

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
binn	bhinn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “binn (‘melodious, harmonious’)”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse birna, from Proto-Germanic *bernijǭ, from *berô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²bɪnː/, /²be̯ɪnː/

Noun

binn f

1. female bear, she-bear