bairneach

See also: bàirneach

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish *bairnech, from Proto-Celtic *barinākos (“barnacle, limpet”).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɑːɾˠhnʲəx/[2] (as if spelled báirthneach)
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɑːɾˠn̠ʲəx/[3]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠaːɾˠn̠ʲa(x)/

Noun

bairneach m (genitive singular bairnigh, nominative plural bairnigh)

  1. common limpet, Patella vulgaris

Declension

Declension of bairneach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative bairneach bairnigh
vocative a bhairnigh a bhairneacha
genitive bairnigh bairneach
dative bairneach bairnigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bairneach na bairnigh
genitive an bhairnigh na mbairneach
dative leis an mbairneach
don bhairneach 		leis na bairnigh

Derived terms

  • bairneach mín (“blue-rayed limpet”)

Descendants

  • → Yola: barnaugh

Mutation

Mutated forms of bairneach
radical lenition eclipsis
bairneach bhairneach mbairneach

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

References

  1. ^ “bairneach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 232, page 117
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 36

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