Scottish Gaelic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Irish bairille, from Middle English barrell or Anglo-Norman baril.

Noun edit

baraill m (genitive singular baraille, plural baraillean)

  1. barrel, cask
    Synonym: togsaid
    leann barailledraught beer
  2. barrel (of a gun)

Mutation edit

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

References edit

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “baraill”, 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), “bairille”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language