berach

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• birach

Etymology

bir +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲerax/

Adjective

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. 60^a6

     "berach no birdae" glosses ueretus

2. of animals, having pointed ears; horned

Declension

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

• Irish: bearach, biorach
• Scottish Gaelic: biorach

Mutation

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.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “berach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.rax/

Noun

berach m

1. locative plural of ber

   Synonym: brach

Noun

berach f

1. locative plural of bera