birling
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English[edit]
Verb[edit]
birling
- present participle and gerund of birl
Noun[edit]
birling (plural birlings)
- Alternative form of birlinn
Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish beirling, borrowed from Old Norse byrðingr (compare Scottish Gaelic bìrlinn).
Noun[edit]
birling f (genitive singular birlinge, nominative plural birlingí)
Declension[edit]
Declension of birling
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
birling | bhirling | mbirling |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “birling”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “beirling”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “birling” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Manx[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish beirling, borrowed from Old Norse byrðingr (compare Scottish Gaelic bìrlinn).
Noun[edit]
birling f (genitive singular birling, plural birleeyn)
Derived terms[edit]
- birling ghooblit (“catamaran”)
- birlingagh, shiaulteyr birling (“yachtsman”)
- birlingaght (“yachtsmanship”)
- club birling (“yacht club”)
- shiaulley birleeyn (“yachting”)
- sleab birling (“galley slave”)
- stashoon birling (“marina”)
Mutation[edit]
Manx mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
birling | virling | mirling |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “beirling”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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