bàirneach

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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)

barnacle
Synonym: bàirneach-bheag
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]‎, 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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