barrantachd

== Scottish Gaelic == === Alternative forms === barantachd === Etymology === From Middle Irish barántacht f (“protection”), from baránta (“warrant, authority, guarantee; guarantor, surety”). === Noun === barrantachd f (genitive singular barrantachd, plural barrantachdan) verbal noun of barrantaich guarantee, warrant commission authenticity ==== Synonyms ==== (guarantee): urras === References === Edward Dwelly (1911), “barrantachd”, 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), “barántacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language