barrantagh

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish baránta (“warrant, authority, guarantee”) (+ -agh; compare Middle Irish barántacht f (“protection”))

Adjective

barrantagh

  1. dependable, trustworthy

Noun

barrantagh m (genitive singular barrantagh, plural barrantee)

  1. guarantor, sponsor, commissioner

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
barrantagh varrantagh marrantagh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • “baránta” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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