bìrlinn

See also: birlinn

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse byrðingr (compare Irish birling, Manx birling).

Noun

bìrlinn f (genitive singular bìrlinn, plural bìrlinnean)

  1. galley (ship)

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

References
  • “beirling” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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