baraill

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish bairille, from Middle English [Term?] or Anglo-Norman [Term?].

Noun

baraill m (genitive singular baraille, plural baraillean)

  1. barrel, cask
    leann baraille ― draught beer
  2. barrel (of a gun)

Synonyms

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “bairille” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.