bàrr

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See also: barr, Barr, barr-, bárr, and Bärr

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish barr (“top, tip, end; crop, produce”), from Proto-Celtic *barros (compare Middle Welsh barr), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰers-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paːrˠ/

Noun

bàrr m (genitive singular barra, plural barran)

peak, top, crest
point, tip

Derived terms

air bàrr teangaidh (“on the tip of one's tongue”)
bàrr a' chinn (“top, crown (of head)”)
bhàrr (“down from, from off”)
dèan bun no bàrr (“make head or tail”)

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