Irish

Noun

beann f ‎(genitive singular binne, nominative plural beanna)

1. horn, antler
2. drinking horn
3. tine, prong
4. (uncountable) regard; dependence

Declension

Related terms

• binn f ‎(“peak, tip, summit; corner, gable; pinnacle; horn; stanza, couplet”)

Etymology 2

Inflected form of binn.

Noun

beann f

1. genitive plural of binn
2. Alternative form of binn

Mutation

References

• "beann" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “benn (‘peak; horn; regard’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Noun

beann f ‎(genitive singular beinn)

1. degree
2. step
3. beam
   • a bheann iùbhraidh‎ ― its beam of yew
4. corner
5. skirt
6. attention
7. regard
8. (Islay) horn
9. top, peak
10. drinking cup, drinking horn
11. rock
12. arm of a cross
13. prong of a cycle-fork
14. (rarely) bone

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 0 901771 92 9
• “benn (‘peak; horn; regard’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.