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beirigh.

boil; cook by boiling

7 characters2 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈbʲɛɾʲɪɟ/Munster/ˈbʲɛɾʲiː/Connacht/ˈbʲɛɾʲi/Ulster
  1. boil; cook by boiling

    ambitransitive
  2. bake

    ambitransitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle Irish beirbigid, suffixed form of Old Irish berbaid, from Proto-Celtic *berwāti, denominal verb from *berwos (“stew”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil”).

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