barrantachd
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Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish barántacht f (“protection”), from baránta (“warrant, authority, guarantee; guarantor, surety”).
Noun[edit]
barrantachd f (genitive singular barrantachd, plural barrantachdan)
Synonyms[edit]
- (guarantee): urras
References[edit]
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “barrantachd”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “barántacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language