Beàrnaraigh

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • Beàrnaraidh

Etymology

From Old Norse Bjarnarey (literally “bear island”).

Pronunciation

  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈb̥jaːrˠnəɾaj/[1]
  • (Berneray) IPA(key): [ˈb̥ɛa(rˠ)n̪ˠd̪ɾej] (as if spelled Beàrntraigh)
  • (North Uist) IPA(key): /ˈb̥ɛarˠn̪ˠəɾej/[2]

Proper noun

Beàrnaraigh m

  1. Berneray (an island and community council area in Western Isles council area, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, between Harris and North Uist)
  2. Great Bernera (an island and community council area in Western Isles council area, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, near Uig, Lewis)
  3. Barra Head (an island in Western Isles council area, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, south of Barra and Mingulay)

Mutation

Mutation of Beàrnaraigh
radical lenition
Beàrnaraigh Bheàrnaraigh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
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