beler

Cornish

Beler lowarth

Etymology

From Middle Cornish beler, from Old Cornish beler, from Proto-Brythonic *berur, from Proto-Celtic *beruros. Cognate with Breton beler, Gaulish berulā, Irish biolar, Manx burley, Scottish Gaelic biolair, and Welsh berwr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛlɛɹ/

Noun

beler (collective, singulative beleren f)

1. cress, watercress

Derived terms

• beler dowr (“watercress”)
• beler lowarth (“garden cress, rocket”)

Mutation

Mutation of beler

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
beler	veler	unchanged	peler	feler, veler*

* after 'th
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.