baraill

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

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
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