bàirneach

== Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Middle Irish bairnech, from Proto-Celtic *barannīkos (“barnacle, limpet”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpaːɾʲɲəx/ === Noun === bàirneach f (genitive singular bàirnich, plural bàirnichean) barnacle Synonym: bàirneach-bheag limpet ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === Further reading === Edward Dwelly (1911), “bàirneach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 bairnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language