barrantagh

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish baránta (“warrant, authority, guarantee”) (+ -agh; compare Middle Irish barántacht f (“protection”)).

Adjective

barrantagh

1. dependable, trustworthy

Noun

barrantagh m (genitive singular barrantagh, plural barrantee)

1. guarantor, sponsor, commissioner

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
barrantagh	varrantagh	marrantagh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “baránta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language