berach

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • birach

Etymology

From bir +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbʲerax]

Adjective

berach

  1. pointed, sharp
    • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 60a6
      berach no birdae glosses ueretus
  2. having pointed ears; horned (of animals)

Declension

o/ā-stem
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative berach berach berach
vocative beraig*
berach**
accusative berach beraig
genitive beraig beraige beraig
dative beruch beraig beruch
plural masculine feminine/neuter
nominative beraig beracha
vocative berachu
beracha
accusative berachu
beracha
genitive berach
dative berachaib

*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Descendants

  • Irish: bearach, biorach
  • Scottish Gaelic: biorach

Mutation

Mutation of berach
radical lenition nasalization
berach berach
pronounced with /βʲ-/
mberach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.rax/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrax
  • Syllabification: be‧rach

Noun

berach m

  1. locative plural of ber
    Synonym: brach

Noun

berach f

  1. locative plural of bera