bàirneach
See also: bairneach
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish *bairnech, from Proto-Celtic *barinākos (“barnacle, limpet”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bàirneach f (genitive singular bàirnich, plural bàirnichean)
- barnacle
- Synonym: bàirneach-bheag
- limpet
Derived terms edit
- bàirneach-bhàn (“white(cap) limpet”)
- bàirneach-choitcheann (“common (European) limpet”)
- bàirneach-dhromanach (“china limpet”)
- bàirneach-eagach (“slit limpet”)
- bàirneach-riabhach (“tortoiseshell limpet”)
- bàirneach-riabhach bhàn (“white tortoiseshell limpet”)
- bàirneach-thollta (“keyhole limpet”)
Mutation edit
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| bàirneach | bhàirneach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
Further reading edit
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “bàirneach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 bairnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language