berach

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Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From bir +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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

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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
Notes *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative

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

Descendants

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  • Irish: bearach, biorach
  • Scottish Gaelic: biorach

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
berach berach
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
mberach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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Polish

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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berach m

  1. locative plural of ber
    Synonym: brach

Noun

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berach f

  1. locative plural of bera