Icelandic

Adjective

beinn ‎(comparative beinni, superlative beinastur)

1. straight, right

   Maðurinn stendur beinn.‎

   The man stands straight.

Inflection

Derived terms

• bein ræða
• beint andlag
• óbeinn

Irish

Verb

beinn

1. first-person singular past subjunctive of bí

Mutation

Manx

Etymology

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

Noun

beinn m ‎(genitive singular beinnee, plural beinnyn or binn)

1. mountain
2. ben
3. summit, pinnacle, apex
4. tine of deer

Synonyms

• (mountain) muyne, slieau
• (summit, pinnacle, apex) ard-veinn, baare, mullagh

Mutation

References

• “benn” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• ·beind

Verb

·beinn

1. first-person singular conditional of at·tá
2. first-person singular past subjunctive of at·tá

Descendants

• Irish: bheinn

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish benn ‎(“peak, point, pinnacle”), from Proto-Celtic *benno- ‎(“peak, top”).

Noun

beinn f ‎(genitive singular beinne, plural beanntan)

1. mountain, hill

   mar an ceò thall air a' bheinn‎ ― as the distant mist on the hill

2. pinnacle
3. bin
4. head, top, high place

Synonyms

• (mountain): sliabh, monadh

Derived terms

• beinn-theine
• eigh-bheinn

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
• A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)
• “benn” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.