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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
Borrowed from English pound.
Pronunciation
Noun
punnd m (genitive singular puinnd, plural puinnd)
- pound (weight)
- pen, fold, enclosure for cattle
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “punnd”, 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