bairneach

See also: bàirneach

Irish

Alternative forms

• báirneach (superseded)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɑːɾˠhnʲəx/ (as if spelled báirthneach)
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɑːɾˠn̠ʲəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠaːɾˠn̠ʲa(x)/

Noun

bairneach m (genitive singular bairnigh, nominative plural bairnigh)

1. common limpet, Patella vulgaris

Declension

Declension of bairneach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative bairneach bairnigh vocative a bhairnigh a bhairneacha genitive bairnigh bairneach dative bairneach bairnigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bairneach na bairnigh genitive an bhairnigh na mbairneach dative leis an mbairneach don bhairneach leis na bairnigh

Derived terms

• bairneach mín (“blue-rayed limpet”)

Descendants

• → Yola: barnaugh

Mutation

Mutated forms of bairneach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bairneach	bhairneach	mbairneach

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bairneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →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
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bairneach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “bairneach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024