bìrlinn

See also: birlinn

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish beirling, borrowed from Old Norse byrðingr (compare Irish birling, Manx birling), from byrðr (burden) + -ingr, from Proto-Germanic *burþį̄.

Noun

bìrlinn f (genitive singular bìrlinn, plural bìrlinnean)

  1. galley (ship)

Descendants

  • English: birlinn

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
bìrlinnbhìrlinn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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