beinn

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse beinn, from Proto-Germanic *bainaz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

beinn (comparative beinni, superlative beinastur)

  1. straight, right
    Maðurinn stendur beinn.
    The man stands straight.
  2. (television) live

Inflection

    positive (strong declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative beinn bein beint
accusative beinan beina beint
dative beinum beinni beinu
genitive beins beinnar beins
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative beinir beinar bein
accusative beina beinar bein
dative beinum beinum beinum
genitive beinna beinna beinna
    positive (weak declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative beini beina beina
accusative beina beinu beina
dative beina beinu beina
genitive beina beinu beina
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative beinu beinu beinu
accusative beinu beinu beinu
dative beinu beinu beinu
genitive beinu beinu beinu
    comparative
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative beinni beinni beinna
accusative beinni beinni beinna
dative beinni beinni beinna
genitive beinni beinni beinna
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative beinni beinni beinni
accusative beinni beinni beinni
dative beinni beinni beinni
genitive beinni beinni beinni
    superlative (strong declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative beinastur beinust beinast
accusative beinastan beinasta beinast
dative beinustum beinastri beinustu
genitive beinasts beinastrar beinasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative beinastir beinastar beinust
accusative beinasta beinastar beinust
dative beinustum beinustum beinustum
genitive beinastra beinastra beinastra
    superlative (weak declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative beinasti beinasta beinasta
accusative beinasta beinustu beinasta
dative beinasta beinustu beinasta
genitive beinasta beinustu beinasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative beinustu beinustu beinustu
accusative beinustu beinustu beinustu
dative beinustu beinustu beinustu
genitive beinustu beinustu beinustu

Derived terms

Irish

Pronunciation

Verb

beinn

  1. first-person singular past subjunctive of bí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
beinn bheinn mbeinn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 52

Manx

Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. mountain
    Synonyms: muyne, slieau
  2. ben
  3. summit, pinnacle, apex
    Synonyms: ard-veinn, baare, mullagh
  4. tine of deer

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
beinn veinn meinn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “benn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Verb

·beinn

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

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
·beinn ·beinn
pronounced with /-v(ʲ)-/ 		·mbeinn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *bainaz.

Adjective

beinn (comparative beinari, superlative beinastr)

  1. straight, right
  2. hospitable
Declension
    Strong declension of beinn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative beinn bein beint
accusative beinan beina beint
dative beinum beinni beinu
genitive beins beinnar beins
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative beinir beinar bein
accusative beina beinar bein
dative beinum beinum beinum
genitive beinna beinna beinna
    Weak declension of beinn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative beini beina beina
accusative beina beinu beina
dative beina beinu beina
genitive beina beinu beina
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative beinu beinu beinu
accusative beinu beinu beinu
dative beinum beinum beinum
genitive beinu beinu beinu
    Declension of comparative of beinn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative beinari beinari beinara
accusative beinara beinari beinara
dative beinara beinari beinara
genitive beinara beinari beinara
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative beinari beinari beinari
accusative beinari beinari beinari
dative beinurum beinurum beinurum
genitive beinari beinari beinari
    Strong declension of superlative of beinn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative beinastr beinust beinast
accusative beinastan beinasta beinast
dative beinustum beinastri beinustu
genitive beinasts beinastrar beinasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative beinastir beinastar beinust
accusative beinasta beinastar beinust
dative beinustum beinustum beinustum
genitive beinastra beinastra beinastra
    Weak declension of superlative of beinn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative beinasti beinasta beinasta
accusative beinasta beinustu beinasta
dative beinasta beinustu beinasta
genitive beinasta beinustu beinasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative beinustu beinustu beinustu
accusative beinustu beinustu beinustu
dative beinustum beinustum beinustum
genitive beinustu beinustu beinustu
Descendants
Descendants
  • Icelandic: beinn
  • Faroese: beinur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bein
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ben, bein
  • Swedish: bena
  • Danish: ben
  • → Middle English: beyn, bayn, bayne, bain

Further reading

  • “beinn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

From bein n (“bone, leg”), from Proto-Germanic *bainą, also from *bainaz.

Adjective

beinn

  1. (in compounds) -legged
Declension
    Strong declension of beinn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative beinn bein beint
accusative beinan beina beint
dative beinum beinni beinu
genitive beins beinnar beins
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative beinir beinar bein
accusative beina beinar bein
dative beinum beinum beinum
genitive beinna beinna beinna
    Weak declension of beinn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative beini beina beina
accusative beina beinu beina
dative beina beinu beina
genitive beina beinu beina
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative beinu beinu beinu
accusative beinu beinu beinu
dative beinum beinum beinum
genitive beinu beinu beinu
Derived terms

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

beinn f (genitive singular beinne, plural beanntan)

  1. mountain, hill
    Synonyms: monadh, sliabh
    mar an ceò thall air a' bheinn ― as the distant mist on the hill
  2. pinnacle
  3. bin
  4. head, top, high place

Declension

Declension of beinn
Indefinite
Singular Plural
Nominative beinn beanntan
Genitive beinne beann
Dative beinn beanntan
Definite
Singular Plural
Nominative (a') bheinn (na) beanntan
Genitive (na) beinne (nam) beann
Dative (a') bheinn (na) beanntan
Vocative (a) bheinn (a) bheannta

Derived terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
beinn bheinn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “benn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “beinn”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC
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