bearn

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See also: Bearn, beàrn, Béarn, and Bèarn

Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

bearn f (genitive singular bearna, nominative plural bearnacha)

  1. Ulster form of bearna (“gap”)

Declension

Declension of bearn (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative bearn bearnacha
vocative a bhearn a bhearnacha
genitive bearna bearnacha
dative bearn bearnacha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an bhearn na bearnacha
genitive na bearna na mbearnacha
dative leis an mbearn
don bhearn 		leis na bearnacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of bearn
radical lenition eclipsis
bearn bhearn mbearn

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 87

Further reading

Middle English

Noun

bearn

  1. Alternative form of barn (“child”)

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *barną. Cognate with Old Frisian bern, Old Saxon barn, Old Dutch *barn, Old High German barn, Old Norse barn, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽 (barn). Related to beran.

Pronunciation

Noun

bearn n

  1. child
    • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
      Swīðe wynsum hit biþ þæt man wīf hæbbe and bearn.
      It is very pleasant to have a wife and children.
    • late 9th century, Old English Martyrology
      Hīe wǣron twēntiġ ġēara samod ǣr þon þe hīe bearn hæfdon.
      They were together for twenty years before they had a child.
    • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, "Gospel of Saint John", chapter 13, verse 33
      Lā bearn, nū gȳt ic eom ġehwǣde tīd mid ēow. Ġē mē sēceað; and swā ic þām Iudeon sǣde, Ġē ne magon faran þyder þe ic fare; and nū ic ēow secge.
      O children, now yet I am little time with you. You seek me; and as I told the Jews, You cannot go to there which I go; and now I tell you.
  2. baby
Usage notes

See the usage notes for ċild.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative bearn bearn
accusative bearn bearn
genitive bearnes bearna
dative bearne bearnum
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

Inflections.

Pronunciation

Verb

bearn

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of beirnan

Etymology 3

Contraction of bereern, bereærn (literally “barley-place”), equivalent to bere +‎ ærn.

Alternative forms

Noun

bearn n

  1. a place to store barley
Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative bearn bearn
accusative bearn bearn
genitive bearnes bearna
dative bearne bearnum
Descendants
Wikious
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