beann

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bʲɑun̪ˠ/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /bʲɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /bʲan̪ˠ/

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

beann f (genitive singular binne, nominative plural beanna)

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

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

Inflected form of binn.

beann f

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “beann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “benn (‘peak; horn; regard’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “beann” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “beann” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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

• IPA^(key): /pjaun̪ˠ/

beann f (genitive singular beinn, plural beannan)

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

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “beann”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “benn (‘peak; horn; regard’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language