birling
English edit
Verb edit
birling
- present participle and gerund of birl
Noun edit
birling (plural birlings)
- Alternative form of birlinn
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
- beirling (obsolete)
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish beirling, borrowed from Old Norse byrðingr (compare Scottish Gaelic bìrlinn).
Noun edit
birling f (genitive singular birlinge, nominative plural birlingí)
Declension edit
Declension of birling
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
birling | bhirling | mbirling |
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), “birling”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “beirling”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “birling” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Manx edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish beirling, borrowed from Old Norse byrðingr (compare Scottish Gaelic bìrlinn).
Noun edit
birling f (genitive singular birling, plural birleeyn)
Derived terms edit
- birling ghooblit (“catamaran”)
- birlingagh, shiaulteyr birling (“yachtsman”)
- birlingaght (“yachtsmanship”)
- club birling (“yacht club”)
- shiaulley birleeyn (“yachting”)
- sleab birling (“galley slave”)
- stashoon birling (“marina”)
Mutation edit
Manx mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
birling | virling | mirling |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “beirling”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language