bairneach

See also: bàirneach

Irish

Alternative forms

• báirneach (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish *bairnech, from Proto-Celtic *barinākos (“barnacle, limpet”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɑːɾˠhnʲəx/ (as if spelled báirthneach)
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɑːɾˠn̠ʲəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠaːɾˠn̠ʲa(x)/

Noun

bairneach m (genitive singular bairnigh, nominative plural bairnigh)

1. common limpet, Patella vulgaris

Declension

Declension of bairneach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative bairneach bairnigh Vocative a bhairnigh a bhairneacha Genitive bairnigh bairneach Dative bairneach bairnigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an bairneach na bairnigh Genitive an bhairnigh na mbairneach Dative leis an mbairneach don bhairneach leis na bairnigh

Derived terms

• bairneach mín (“blue-rayed limpet”)

Descendants

• → Yola: barnaugh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bairneach	bhairneach	mbairneach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bairneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 bairnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bairneach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “bairneach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024