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boireann.

rock

8 characters2 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. rock

    feminine

  2. rocky country; karst

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Irish bairenn, from Old Irish bairenn (“large stone; rocky district”), from Proto-Celtic *barinā (“rock, rocky ground”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥H- (“mountain”), from *gʷerH- (“to elevate”).

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