Barraigh
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perhaps from Old Irish Fionnbharr and Old Norse ey (literally “St Finbar's island”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Barraigh
- Barra (an island in Western Isles council area, Outer Hebrides, Scotland).
Descendants
[edit]- → English: Barra
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition |
|---|---|
| Barraigh | Bharraigh |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms borrowed from Old Norse
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Norse
- Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic proper nouns
- gd:Islands
- gd:Places in Na h-Eileanan Siar, Scotland
- gd:Places in Scotland