bearn

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See also: Bearn, beàrn, Béarn, and Bèarn

Irish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bearn f (genitive singular bearna, nominative plural bearnacha)

  1. Ulster form of bearna (gap)

Declension[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bearn bhearn mbearn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

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

Further reading[edit]

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

bearn

  1. Alternative form of barn (child)

Old English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bæ͜ɑrn/, [bæ͜ɑrˠn]

Noun[edit]

bearn n

  1. child
  2. baby
Usage notes[edit]

See the usage notes for ċild.

Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Middle English: barn, bern, bearn, bærn, barne, berne, baren
    • English: barn (obsolete, dialectal)
    • Geordie English: bairn
    • Scots: bairn
    • Yola: barrn

Etymology 2[edit]

Inflections.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bæ͜ɑrn/, [bæ͜ɑrˠn]

Verb[edit]

bearn

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of beirnan

Etymology 3[edit]

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

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

bearn n

  1. a place to store barley
Declension[edit]
Descendants[edit]