Scottish Gaelic word

bàrr

peak, top, crest

nounmasculine

bàrr means “peak, top, crest” in Scottish Gaelic and is used as a noun.

Mutation forms

Mutation	Form
Base form	bàrr
Sèimheachadh	bhàrr

bàrr in context

Chan eil mi a' dèanamh bun no bàrr dheth!

I can't make head nor tail of it!

Tha bonn a' chlagan Etruriach agus tha bàrr a' chlagan Ceilteach.

Tha beathaichean agus eun La Tène air bàrr a' chlagan.

Topics

Nature

Related Scottish Gaelic words

abhainn

river, stream

bealach

defile, passage, pass or gorge of a mountain, glen

beinn

mountain, hill

beithe

birch

bileag

blade (of leaf), petal

blàth

blossom, bloom, flower

boglach

bog, fen, marsh, morass, quagmire, swamp

bruach

bank (of lake or river)

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