See also: birlinn

Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Irish beirling, borrowed from Old Norse byrðingr (compare Irish birling, Manx birling), from byrðr (burden) +‎ -ingr, from Proto-Germanic *burþį̄.

Noun edit

bìrlinn f (genitive singular bìrlinn, plural bìrlinnean)

  1. galley (ship)

Descendants edit

  • English: birlinn

Mutation edit

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
bìrlinn bhìrlinn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit