birling

English

Verb

birling

1. present participle and gerund of birl

Noun

birling (plural birlings)

1. Alternative form of birlinn

Irish

Alternative forms

• beirling (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish beirling, borrowed from Old Norse byrðingr (compare Scottish Gaelic bìrlinn).

Noun

birling f (genitive singular birlinge, nominative plural birlingí)

1. barge
2. (commander's) galley

Declension

Declension of birling

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative birling birlingí Vocative a bhirling a bhirlingí Genitive birlinge birlingí Dative birling birlingí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhirling na birlingí Genitive na birlinge na mbirlingí Dative leis an mbirling don bhirling leis na birlingí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
birling	bhirling	mbirling
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “birling”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “beirling”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “birling” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

Manx

Alternative forms

• burling

Etymology

From Middle Irish beirling, borrowed from Old Norse byrðingr (compare Scottish Gaelic bìrlinn).

Noun

birling f (genitive singular birling, plural birleeyn)

1. yacht
2. galley, longship

Derived terms

• birling ghooblit (“catamaran”)
• birlingagh, shiaulteyr birling (“yachtsman”)
• birlingaght (“yachtsmanship”)
• club birling (“yacht club”)
• shiaulley birleeyn (“yachting”)
• sleab birling (“galley slave”)
• stashoon birling (“marina”)

 

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
birling	virling	mirling
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “beirling”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language