bairille
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish bairille (compare Scottish Gaelic baraill), from Middle English barrell or Anglo-Norman baril.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbairille m (genitive singular bairille, nominative plural bairillí)
- barrel (container; metallic tube from which a projectile is discharged; unit of measure)
Declension
editDeclension of bairille
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
editMutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
bairille | bhairille | mbairille |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bairille”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bairille”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bairille”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “bairille”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024