beinn

Etymology

From Old Norse beinn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peitn/
• Rhymes: -eitn

Adjective

beinn (comparative beinni, superlative beinastur)

1. straight, right

   Maðurinn stendur beinn.

   The man stands straight.

Verb

beinn

1. first-person singular past subjunctive of bí

Mutation

Etymology

From Old Irish benn (“peak, point, prong, pinnacle”), from Proto-Celtic *benno- (“peak, top”).

Noun

beinn m (genitive singular beinnee, plural beinnyn or binn)

1. mountain
2. ben
3. summit, pinnacle, apex
4. tine of deer

Mutation

References

• “benn” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Alternative forms

• ·beind

Verb

·beinn

1. first-person singular conditional of at·tá
2. first-person singular past subjunctive of at·tá

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *bainaz.

Etymology 2

From bein n (“bone, leg”), from Proto-Germanic *bainą, also from *bainaz.

Etymology

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

Noun

beinn f (genitive singular beinne, plural beanntan)

1. mountain, hill

   mar an ceò thall air a' bheinn ― as the distant mist on the hill

   Synonyms: monadh, sliabh

2. pinnacle
3. bin
4. head, top, high place

Mutation

Further reading

• 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
• A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)
• “benn” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.