beàrnan-Brìde
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Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From beàrn (“notch”) + -an + Brìde (“Saint Brigid”), referring to the flower first blooming around the holiday of Là Fhéill Brìde (“Saint Brigid's Day”), celebrated on February 1st.
Alternatively, from brìgh (“sap, juice”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
beàrnan-Brìde m (genitive singular beàrnain-Bhrìde, plural beàrnain-Bhrìde)
Synonyms[edit]
blàth-buidhe, caisearbhan nam muc, fiacaill-leòmhainn
References[edit]
“beàrnan-Brìde” in Am Faclair Beag - Scottish Gaelic Dictionary.
Cameron, J. (1883). Taraxacum dens-leonis, in Gaelic names of plants (Scottish and Irish). United Kingdom: (n.p.), p. 37