beàrn

See also: bearn, Bearn, Béarn, and Bèarn

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish bern, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“to pierce”).[1] Cognate with Irish bearna.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pjaːrˠn̪ˠ/

Noun

beàrn m or f (genitive singular bèirn or beàirn, plural beàrnan)

  1. notch (cut)
  2. gap
  3. space, opening

References
  1. MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “bearn”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN
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