bàirneach

See also: bairneach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpaːɾʲɲəx/

Noun

bàirneach f (genitive singular bàirnich, plural bàirnichean)

  1. barnacle
    Synonym: bàirneach-bheag
  2. limpet

Derived terms

  • bàirneach-bhàn (“white(cap) limpet”)
  • bàirneach-choitcheann (“common (European) limpet”)
  • bàirneach-dhromanach (“china limpet”)
  • bàirneach-eagach (“slit limpet”)
  • bàirneach-riabhach (“tortoiseshell limpet”)
  • bàirneach-riabhach bhàn (“white tortoiseshell limpet”)
  • bàirneach-thollta (“keyhole limpet”)

Mutation

Mutation of bàirneach
radical lenition
bàirneach bhàirneach

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

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “bàirneach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 bairnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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