punnd

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowed from English pound.

Noun

punnd m (genitive singular puinnd, plural puinnd)

  1. pound (weight)
  2. pound (money)
    punnd sasannach ― £1 sterling
  3. fold to confine cattle that trespass

Synonyms

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
  • A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)
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