sòrn

See also: sorn and SORN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish sorn (“furnace, oven, kiln”), from Latin furnus.

Noun

sòrn m (genitive singular sùirn, plural sùirn)

  1. snout
  2. flue of a kiln or oven
  3. concavity
  4. (Uist) kiln for drying corn
  5. disagreeable visage
  6. hearth
  7. fireplace of an oven or kiln

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “sorn” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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