pònair

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish pónair, from Old Norse baunir. Compare Irish pónaire, Manx poanrey.

Noun

pònair f (genitive singular pònarach, plural pònair)

1. bean

Usage notes

• Usually used collectively ("beans").

Mutation

Mutation of pònair

radical	lenition
pònair	phònair

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

Further reading

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