barrantachd
Scottish Gaelic
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish barántacht f (“protection”), from baránta (“warrant, authority, guarantee; guarantor, surety”).
Noun
editbarrantachd f (genitive singular barrantachd, plural barrantachdan)
Synonyms
edit- (guarantee): urras
References
edit- Edward Dwelly (1911) “barrantachd”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “barántacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language