bàirneach

See also: bairneach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaːɾʲɲəx/

Noun

bàirneach f (genitive singular bàirnich, plural bàirnichean)

1. barnacle

   Synonym: bàirneach-bheag

2. limpet

Derived terms

• bàirneach-bhàn (“white(cap) limpet”)
• bàirneach-choitcheann (“common (European) limpet”)
• bàirneach-dhromanach (“china limpet”)
• bàirneach-eagach (“slit limpet”)
• bàirneach-riabhach (“tortoiseshell limpet”)
• bàirneach-riabhach bhàn (“white tortoiseshell limpet”)
• bàirneach-thollta (“keyhole limpet”)

 

Mutation

Mutation of bàirneach

radical	lenition
bàirneach	bhàirneach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “bàirneach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →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