bairille

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish bairille (compare Scottish Gaelic baraill), from Middle English barrell or Anglo-Norman baril.

Pronunciation

Noun

bairille m (genitive singular bairille, nominative plural bairillí)

  1. barrel (container; metallic tube from which a projectile is discharged; unit of measure)

Declension

Declension of bairille (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative bairille bairillí
vocative a bhairille a bhairillí
genitive bairille bairillí
dative bairille bairillí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an bairille na bairillí
genitive an bhairille na mbairillí
dative leis an mbairille
don bhairille 		leis na bairillí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of bairille
radical lenition eclipsis
bairille bhairille mbairille

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

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