bairille

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish bairille (compare Manx barril, Scottish Gaelic baraill), from Middle English barrell or Anglo-Norman baril.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbˠæɾʲəl̠ʲə/[2]

Noun

bairille m (genitive singular bairille, nominative plural bairillí)

  1. barrel (container; metallic tube from which a projectile is discharged; unit of measure)

Declension

Declension of bairille (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative bairille bairillí
vocative a bhairille a bhairillí
genitive bairille bairillí
dative bairille bairillí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bairille na bairillí
genitive an bhairille na mbairillí
dative leis an mbairille
don bhairille 		leis na bairillí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of bairille
radical lenition eclipsis
bairille bhairille mbairille

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bairille”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 230

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “barraille, bairrille, bairille”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 81; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “bairille”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “bairille”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
  • “bairille”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026
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