Barraigh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Perhaps from Old Irish Fionnbharr and Old Norse ey (literally “St Finbar's island”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈparˠaj/[1]

Proper noun

Barraigh

  1. Barra (an island of the Western Isles council area, Outer Hebrides, Scotland)

Descendants

  • → English: Barra

Mutation

Mutation of Barraigh
radical lenition
Barraigh Bharraigh

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

References

  1. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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