"beinn" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

See beinn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /b̥ẽĩɲ/ [Lewis], [b̥ẽ̠ĩɲ] [Lewis], /b̥eiɲ/ (note: Uist, Barra), /b̥ɤiɲ/ (note: Skye), /b̥ĩːɲ/ (note: Wester Ross)
Etymology: From Old Irish benn (“peak, point, pinnacle”), from Proto-Celtic *bandā (“peak, top”). Doublet of beann. Etymology templates: {{der|gd|sga|benn|t=peak, point, pinnacle}} Old Irish benn (“peak, point, pinnacle”), {{der|gd|cel-pro|*bandā|t=peak, top}} Proto-Celtic *bandā (“peak, top”), {{doublet|gd|beann}} Doublet of beann Head templates: {{head|gd|noun|||||||genitive singular|beinne|||||||plural|beanntan||||||{{{pl4}}}|cat2=|f1accel-form=dat|s|f2accel-form=dat|s|f3accel-form=dat|s|f4accel-form=gen|s|f5accel-form=gen|s|f6accel-form=gen|s|f7accel-form=p|f8accel-form=p|f9accel-form=p|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} beinn f (genitive singular beinne, plural beanntan), {{gd-noun|g=f|gen=beinne|pl=beanntan}} beinn f (genitive singular beinne, plural beanntan) Forms: beinne [genitive, singular], beanntan [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], beinn [indefinite, nominative, singular], beanntan [indefinite, nominative, plural], beinne [genitive, indefinite, singular], beann [genitive, indefinite, plural], beinn [dative, indefinite, singular], beanntan [dative, indefinite, plural], (a') bheinn [definite, nominative, singular], beanntan [definite, nominative, plural], na beanntan [definite, nominative, plural], beinne [definite, genitive, singular], na beinne [definite, genitive, singular], beann [definite, genitive, plural], nam beann [definite, genitive, plural], (a') bheinn [dative, definite, singular], beanntan [dative, definite, plural], na beanntan [dative, definite, plural], bheinn [definite, singular, vocative], bheannta [definite, plural, vocative], no-table-tags [table-tags], beinn [error-unrecognized-form], bheinn [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. mountain, hill Tags: feminine Synonyms: monadh, sliabh
    Sense id: en-beinn-gd-noun-xoCPmvRC
  2. pinnacle Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-beinn-gd-noun-KO55PA9y
  3. bin Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-beinn-gd-noun-UaHwWvhe
  4. head, top, high place Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-beinn-gd-noun-Ny8cV2ek Categories (other): Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 0 4 25 1 10 8 2 10 10 0 0 4 1 3 1 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 3 19 0 14 9 1 11 10 0 0 2 0 2 0 27 Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 2 8 2 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: beinn-theine, eigh-bheinn

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "beinn-theine"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "eigh-bheinn"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "ben",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Scots: ben",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Scots: ben"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "benn",
        "t": "peak, point, pinnacle"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*bandā",
        "t": "peak, top"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *bandā (“peak, top”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "beann"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of beann",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish benn (“peak, point, pinnacle”), from Proto-Celtic *bandā (“peak, top”). Doublet of beann.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "beinne",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beanntan",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beanntan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beinne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beanntan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "(a') bheinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beanntan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na beanntan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beinne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na beinne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nam beann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "(a') bheinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beanntan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na beanntan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bheinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bheannta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beinn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bheinn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "10": "beinne",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "plural",
        "18": "beanntan",
        "19": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "20": "",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "{{{pl4}}}",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "genitive singular",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f2accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f3accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f4accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f5accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f6accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f7accel-form": "p",
        "f8accel-form": "p",
        "f9accel-form": "p",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "beinn f (genitive singular beinne, plural beanntan)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "gen": "beinne",
        "pl": "beanntan"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "as the distant mist on the hill",
          "text": "mar an ceò thall air a' bheinn",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "mountain, hill"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "mountain",
          "mountain"
        ],
        [
          "hill",
          "hill"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "monadh"
        },
        {
          "word": "sliabh"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "pinnacle"
      ],
      "id": "en-beinn-gd-noun-KO55PA9y",
      "links": [
        [
          "pinnacle",
          "pinnacle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bin"
      ],
      "id": "en-beinn-gd-noun-UaHwWvhe",
      "links": [
        [
          "bin",
          "bin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 4 25 1 10 8 2 10 10 0 0 4 1 3 1 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 6 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 3 19 0 14 9 1 11 10 0 0 2 0 2 0 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 8 2 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "head, top, high place"
      ],
      "id": "en-beinn-gd-noun-Ny8cV2ek",
      "links": [
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ],
        [
          "top",
          "top"
        ],
        [
          "high",
          "high"
        ],
        [
          "place",
          "place"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/b̥ẽĩɲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Lewis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[b̥ẽ̠ĩɲ]",
      "tags": [
        "Lewis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/b̥eiɲ/",
      "note": "Uist, Barra"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/b̥ɤiɲ/",
      "note": "Skye"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/b̥ĩːɲ/",
      "note": "Wester Ross"
    }
  ],
  "word": "beinn"
}
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    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Scottish Gaelic doublets",
    "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Scottish Gaelic feminine nouns",
    "Scottish Gaelic lemmas",
    "Scottish Gaelic nouns",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "gd-noun 2"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "beinn-theine"
    },
    {
      "word": "eigh-bheinn"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "ben",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Scots: ben",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Scots: ben"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "benn",
        "t": "peak, point, pinnacle"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish benn (“peak, point, pinnacle”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*bandā",
        "t": "peak, top"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *bandā (“peak, top”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "beann"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of beann",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish benn (“peak, point, pinnacle”), from Proto-Celtic *bandā (“peak, top”). Doublet of beann.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "beinne",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beanntan",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beanntan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beinne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beanntan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "(a') bheinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beanntan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na beanntan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beinne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na beinne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nam beann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "(a') bheinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beanntan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na beanntan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bheinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bheannta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beinn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bheinn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "10": "beinne",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "plural",
        "18": "beanntan",
        "19": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "20": "",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "{{{pl4}}}",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "genitive singular",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f2accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f3accel-form": "dat|s",
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        "f5accel-form": "gen|s",
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        "f8accel-form": "p",
        "f9accel-form": "p",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "beinn f (genitive singular beinne, plural beanntan)",
      "name": "head"
    },
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        "gen": "beinne",
        "pl": "beanntan"
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  ],
  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Scottish Gaelic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "as the distant mist on the hill",
          "text": "mar an ceò thall air a' bheinn",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mountain, hill"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mountain",
          "mountain"
        ],
        [
          "hill",
          "hill"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "monadh"
        },
        {
          "word": "sliabh"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pinnacle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pinnacle",
          "pinnacle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bin"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bin",
          "bin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "head, top, high place"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ],
        [
          "top",
          "top"
        ],
        [
          "high",
          "high"
        ],
        [
          "place",
          "place"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/b̥ẽĩɲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Lewis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[b̥ẽ̠ĩɲ]",
      "tags": [
        "Lewis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/b̥eiɲ/",
      "note": "Uist, Barra"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/b̥ɤiɲ/",
      "note": "Skye"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/b̥ĩːɲ/",
      "note": "Wester Ross"
    }
  ],
  "word": "beinn"
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
  "path": [
    "beinn"
  ],
  "section": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "beinn",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Scottish Gaelic dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (eaedd02 and 8fbd9e8). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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