bìrlinn
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See also: birlinn
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish beirling, borrowed from Old Norse byrðingr (compare Irish birling, Manx birling), from byrðr (“burden”) + -ingr, from Proto-Germanic *burþį̄.
Noun[edit]
bìrlinn f (genitive singular bìrlinn, plural bìrlinnean)
- galley (ship)
Descendants[edit]
- → English: birlinn
Mutation[edit]
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| bìrlinn | bhìrlinn |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “beirling”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language