bairille

Irish

Alternative forms

• baraille

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbˠaɾʲəlʲə]

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

• bairille-orgán
• beoir bhairille
• bolg bairille
• orgán bairille
• rolladh bairille
• suíochán bairille

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bairille	bhairille	mbairille
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bairille”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bairille”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bairille”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “bairille”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024