# beinn
## Icelandic
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /peitn/
* Rhymes: -eitn

### Adjective

beinn (comparative beinni, superlative beinastur)
* straight, right
    Maðurinn stendur beinn.The man stands straight.
* (television) live

#### Derived terms

* bein ræða
* beint
* í beinni
* óbeinn

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* (Ulster) IPA: /bʲein̠ʲ/

### Verb

beinn
* first-person singular past subjunctive of bí

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ 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)
* mountain
    Synonyms: muyne, slieau
* ben
* summit, pinnacle, apex
    Synonyms: ard-veinn, baare, mullagh
* tine of deer

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “benn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Old Irish
### Alternative forms

* ·beind

### Verb

·beinn
* inflection of at·tá:
** first-person singular conditional
** first-person singular past subjunctive

### Mutation

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

## Old Norse
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *bainaz.

#### Adjective

beinn (comparative beinari, superlative beinastr)
* straight, right
** Kormákr Ǫgmundarson, Sigurðardrápa stanza 3:Eykr með ennidúki · jarðhljótr día fjarðar breyti, hún sás beinan · bindr; […] The land-recipient (RULER) who secures the straight mast endows the plower of the firth of the gods (POET) with a headband. […]
* hospitable

##### Descendants

* Icelandic: beinn
* Faroese: beinur
* Norwegian Nynorsk: bein
* Norwegian Bokmål: ben, bein
* Swedish: bena
* Danish: ben
* → Middle English: beyn, bayn, bayne, bain
** Scots: bein, bien
** English: bain

#### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “beinn”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

### Etymology 2

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

#### Adjective

beinn
* (in compounds) -legged

##### Derived terms

* berbeinn (“bare-legged”)
* digrbeinn (“thick-legged”)

#### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “beinn”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 46; also available at the Internet Archive

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /b̥ẽĩɲ/, [b̥ẽ̠ĩɲ]
* (Skye) IPA: /b̥ɤ̃ĩɲ/
* (Wester Ross) IPA: /b̥ĩːɲ/ (as if spelled binn)

### Noun

beinn f (genitive singular beinne, plural beanntan, genitive plural beann)
* mountain, hill
    Synonyms: monadh, sliabh
    mar an ceò thall air a' bheinn ― as the distant mist on the hill
* pinnacle
* bin
* head, top, high place

#### Derived terms

* beinn-theine
* eigh-bheinn

#### Descendants

* → Scots: ben

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “benn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
* ↑ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 11
* ↑ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN

### 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