bairneach
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See also: bàirneach
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish *bairnech, from Proto-Celtic *barinākos (“barnacle, limpet”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɑːɾˠhnʲəx/[2] (as if spelled báirthneach)
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɑːɾˠn̠ʲəx/[3]
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠaːɾˠn̠ʲa(x)/
Noun
[edit]bairneach m (genitive singular bairnigh, nominative plural bairnigh)
Declension
[edit]Declension of bairneach
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
[edit]- bairneach mín (“blue-rayed limpet”)
Descendants
[edit]- → Yola: barnaugh
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bairneach | bhairneach | mbairneach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ “bairneach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 232, page 117
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 36
Further reading
[edit]- 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