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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil, brew”).
Noun
*berus m[1][2]
- (geology) spring
- stream
Inflection
| Masculine/feminine u-stem
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*berus
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*berū
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*berowes
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| vocative
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*beru
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*berū
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*berūs
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| accusative
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*berum
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*berū
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*berums
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| genitive
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*berous
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*berous
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*berowom
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| dative
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*berou
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*berubom
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*berubos
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| locative
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*?
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*?
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*?
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| instrumental
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*berū
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*berubim
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*berubis
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Derived terms
Descendants
- Middle Irish: bir (appearing only in glossaries or poetry)
References
- ^ Stalmaszczyk, Piotr, Witczak, Krzysztof Tomasz (1993) “Studies in Indo-European Vocabulary”, in Indogermanische Forschungen, volume 98, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 24-39
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*beruro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 62
