baraill

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• bairill, baraille

Etymology

From Middle Irish bairille, from Middle English barrell or Anglo-Norman baril.

Noun

baraill m (genitive singular baraille, plural baraillean)

1. barrel, cask

   Synonym: togsaid

   leann baraille ― draught beer

2. barrel (of a gun)

Mutation

Mutation of baraill

radical	lenition
baraill	bharaill

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

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “baraill”, 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), “bairille”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language