bìrlinn

See also: birlinn

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish beirling, borrowed from Old Norse byrðingr (compare Irish birling, Manx birling), from byrðr (“burden”) +‎ -ingr, from Proto-Germanic *burþį̄.

Noun

bìrlinn f (genitive singular bìrlinn, plural bìrlinnean)

  1. galley (ship)

Declension

Declension of bìrlinn (class IIb feminine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative bìrlinn bìrlinnean
genitive bìrlinne, bìrlinn bhìrlinnean
dative bìrlinn bìrlinnean; bìrlinnibh1
definite
singular plural
nominative (a') bhìrlinn (na) bìrlinnean
genitive (na) bìrlinne, bìrlinn (nam) bìrlinnean
dative (a') bhìrlinn (na) bìrlinnean; bìrlinnibh1
vocative bhìrlinn bhìrlinnean

1 obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Descendants

  • → English: birlinn

Mutation

Mutation of bìrlinn
radical lenition
bìrlinn bhìrlinn

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

References

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