bairille

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish bairille (compare Scottish Gaelic baraill), from Middle English [Term?] or Anglo-Norman [Term?].

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, orgán bairille (“barrel-organ, hurdy-gurdy”)
  • beoir bhairille (“draught beer”)
  • bolg bairille (“bilge of barrel”)
  • rolladh bairille (“barrel roll”)
  • suíochán bairille (“bucket seat”)

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
  • "bairille" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “bairille” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Entries containing “bairille” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “bairille” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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