beran

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Basque

Adjective

beran

  1. inessive anim singular of bera

Czech

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baranъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

beran m anim

  1. ram (male sheep)
  2. (expressive) stubborn person
  3. (obsolete, derogatory) evangelical

Declension

Noun

beran m inan or m anim

  1. ram (heavy device for battering down walls)
  2. ram (heavy metal weight for driving piles)
  3. ram (device on a ship for ramming other ships)
  4. (agriculture) conical hay drying rack
  5. (popular) garland of dogwood or yarrow branches for Palm Sunday
  6. (in the plural, sports, slang) curved bicycle handlebars

Declension

when inanimate:

when animate:

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • beran”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • beran”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • beran”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Related to berx (lamb), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥h₁ḗn (ram), see there for more. Compare also Proto-Slavic *baranъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

beran m

  1. ram

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *beran, from Proto-Germanic *beraną.

Verb

beran

  1. to bear, to carry

Inflection

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: bēren

Further reading

  • beran”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *beran, from Proto-Germanic *beraną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti.

Cognate with Old Frisian bera, Old Saxon beran, Old Dutch beran, Old High German beran, Old Norse bera, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (bairan). The Indo-European root was also the source of Old Irish biru, Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō), Latin ferre.

Pronunciation

Verb

beran

  1. to carry, bear, hold
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Chair of Saint Peter"
      ...þā læġ þǣr sum creopere lama fram cildhāde sē wæs dæġhwāmlīce ġeboren tō þām beorhtan ġete þæt hē ælmessan underfencge æt þām infarendum...
      Then lay there a cripple, lame from childhood, who was daily carried to the 'Beautiful' Gate, that he might receive alms from those entering.
    • c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Clement the Martyr"
      Þā sē enġel ġelǣhte hine be þām feaxe and hine bær tō Babylōne.
      Then the angel grabbed him by the hair and carried him to Babylon.
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"
      Sē rīċa and sē þearfa sind weġfērende on þisse weorolde. Sē rīċa birþ māre þonne hē behōfiġe tō his formetum, sē ōðer birþ ǣmtiġne pusan. For þȳ sċeal sē rīċa dǣlan his byrðenne wiþ þone þearfan: þonne wanaþ hē þā byrðenne his synna, and þām þearfan ġehilpþ.
      The rich and the poor are both wayfarers in this world. The rich carry more than they need for the journey, while the poor hold an empty sack. That's why the rich should share their burden with the poor. That way they can lighten the burden of their sins, and help the poor.
  2. to wear
  3. to sustain, support
  4. to bring forth, produce, give birth
    • late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans
      On þām dagum wæs Alexander ġeboren on Crēcum.
      At that time, Alexander was born in Greece.

Conjugation

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Descendants

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *beran, from Proto-Germanic *beraną, whence also Old Saxon beran, Old English beran, Old Norse bera, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (bairan). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.

Verb

beran

  1. to bear

Conjugation

Descendants

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *beran, from Proto-Germanic *beraną, whence also Old English beran, Old High German beran, Old Norse bera, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (bairan). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.

Verb

beran

  1. to bear
    • (Can we date this quote?), Heliand, verse 2309:
      thena lefna lamon bārun mid is beddiu
      They were bearing the living lame man with his bed

Conjugation

Descendants