eòrna

== Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Old Irish eórna (compare Irish eorna, Manx oarn), from *yewornio-, from Proto-Celtic *yeu- (compare Breton yell (“spelt”)), from Proto-Indo-European *yéwos (“barley”) (compare Lithuanian javai̇̃ (“grain”), Persian جو (jaw), Sanskrit यव (yava)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /jɔːrˠn̪ˠə/ === Noun === eòrna m (genitive singular eòrna, plural eòrna) barley ==== Derived terms ==== sùgh an eòrna (“poetic term for whisk(e)y”) Tìr an Eòrna (“Tiree; Uist”) === Mutation === === References === Edward Dwelly (1911), “eòrna”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “eórna”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language