beann
Gaelic (Scots)
/pjaun̪ˠ/
noun
Definitions
- degree
- step
- beam
- corner
- skirt
- attention
- regard
- (Islay) horn
- top, peak
- drinking cup, drinking horn
- rock
- arm of a cross
- prong of a cycle-fork
- (rarely) bone
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish benn (peak, point, prong, pinnacle, horn) inherited from Proto-Celtic *bennom (top, peak).
Origin
Proto-Celtic
*bennom
Gloss
top, peak
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
岳, 峰