# binn
## English
### Noun

binn (plural binns)
* Archaic spelling of bin (“storage container for wine, etc.”).
** 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC:Mr. Tulkinghorn sits at one of the open windows, enjoying a bottle of old port. Though a hard-grained man, close, dry, and silent, he can enjoy old wine with the best. He has a priceless binn of port in some artful cellar under the Fields, which is one of his many secrets.

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* (Waterford) IPA: /bʲaiɲ/
* (Kerry) IPA: /bʲiːnʲ/
* (Galway) IPA: /bʲiːn̠ʲ/
* (Mayo, Ulster) IPA: /bʲɪn̠ʲ/

### Etymology 1

From Old Irish bind, binn (“melodious, harmonious; sweet, pleasing”), from Proto-Celtic *bandis (“harmonious, melodious”), probably related to etymology 2 (“peak, summit”).

#### Adjective

binn (genitive singular masculine binn, genitive singular feminine binne, plural binne, comparative binne)
* (of music) sweet, melodious, harmonious

##### Declension

$^1$ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article. $^2$ When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

binn f (genitive singular binne, nominative plural beanna)
* peak, tip, summit (of a mountain or hill)
* (architecture) corner, gable
* pinnacle
* horn
* (figuratively) stanza, couplet

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
binn
beanna
vocative
a bhinn
a bheanna
genitive
binne
beann
dative
binn
beanna
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an bhinn
na beanna
genitive
na binne
na mbeann
dative
leis an mbinn don bhinn
leis na beanna :

##### Derived terms

* binn siosúir f (“blade of scissors”)
* biorbheannach m (“pronghorn”)

##### Related terms

* beann

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 98, page 55
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 44
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 325, page 113
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “binn (‘melodious, harmonious’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*bandi, *bando-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 54
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “benn (‘peak; horn’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “binn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “binn”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “binn”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

## Old English
### Etymology 1

From a Celtic language, possibly Proto-Brythonic *benn (“cart, carriage”) (whence Middle Welsh benn, modern Welsh ben), from Proto-Celtic *bend(n)ā (whence Gaulish benna).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /binn/, [bin]

#### Noun

binn f
* stall

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

binn f
* manger, crib, basket

##### Declension

Strong ō-stem:

##### Descendants

* English: bin

### References

* Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “bin”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

## Scottish Gaelic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /b̥iːɲ/
* (Lewis) IPA: /b̥ə̃ĩɲ/, /b̥ẽĩɲ/

### Etymology 1

From Old Irish bind, binn (“melodious, harmonious; sweet, pleasing”), from Proto-Celtic *bandis (“harmonious, melodious”), probably related to Irish binn (“peak, summit”).

#### Adjective

binn (comparative binne)
* melodious, musical, tuneful, dulcet, sweet
    èist ri òran binn nan eun ― listen to the sweet song of the birds
* shrill
* harmonious

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *bendi, *benni, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”), see also Sanskrit भान (bhāna, “evidence”), English ban (“public proclamation, edict”).

#### Noun

binn f (genitive singular binne, plural binnean)
* (law) sentence, judgement, verdict, decision, condemnation
* fate
* melody
* hopper of a mill

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* Edward Dwelly (1911) “binn”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “binn (‘melodious, harmonious’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language