beinn

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse beinn, from Proto-Germanic *bainaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /peitn/ Rhymes: -eitn === Adjective === beinn (comparative beinni, superlative beinastur) straight, right (television) live ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Irish == === Pronunciation === (Ulster) IPA(key): /bʲein̠ʲ/ === Verb === beinn first-person singular past subjunctive of bí === Mutation === === References === == Manx == === Etymology === From Old Irish benn (“peak, point, prong, pinnacle”), from Proto-Celtic *bandā (“peak, top”). === Noun === beinn m (genitive singular beinnee, plural beinnyn or binn) mountain Synonyms: muyne, slieau ben summit, pinnacle, apex Synonyms: ard-veinn, baare, mullagh tine of deer === Mutation === === References === == Old Irish == === Alternative forms === ·beind === Verb === ·beinn inflection of at·tá: first-person singular conditional first-person singular past subjunctive === Mutation === == Old Norse == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Germanic *bainaz. ==== Adjective ==== beinn (comparative beinari, superlative beinastr) straight, right hospitable ===== Declension ===== ===== Descendants ===== ==== Further reading ==== Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “beinn”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive === Etymology 2 === From bein n (“bone, leg”), from Proto-Germanic *bainą, also from *bainaz. ==== Adjective ==== beinn (in compounds) -legged ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== berbeinn (“bare-legged”) digrbeinn (“thick-legged”) ==== Further reading ==== Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “beinn”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 46; also available at the Internet Archive == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From the dative-locative singular of Old Irish benn (“peak, point, pinnacle”), from Proto-Celtic *bandā (“peak, top”). The development of this case form to a noun in its own right may be due to the substrate influence of the cognate Pictish/Proto-Brythonic *bann, or the non-cognate *penn. Doublet of beann. === Pronunciation === (Outer Hebrides) IPA(key): /b̥ẽĩɲ/, [b̥ẽ̠ĩɲ] (Skye) IPA(key): /b̥ɤ̃ĩɲ/ (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /b̥ĩːɲ/ (as if spelled binn), /b̥ɪ̃ːĩɲ/ (some speakers) (South Argyll) IPA(key): /b̥eɲː/ === Noun === beinn f (genitive singular beinne, plural beanntan or beanntainean or beanntaichean, genitive plural beann) mountain, hill Synonyms: monadh, sliabh mar an ceò thall air a' bheinn ― as the distant mist on the hill pinnacle bin head, top, high place ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== beinn-theine eigh-bheinn ==== Descendants ==== → Scots: ben === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Edward Dwelly (1911), “beinn”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN MacLennan, Malcolm (1925), A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC