rubha

Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

According to MacBain the original meaning was "being before" and is composed of *ɸro- (“before”) and root *bu- (“to be”) from *bʰuH-.

Noun edit

rubha m (genitive singular rubha, plural rubhannan)

headland, promontory

Synonyms edit

àird
sròn

References edit

MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “rudha”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN

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