berraid

Old Irish

Etymology

From berr +‎ -aid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲe.rəðʲ/
  • (Blasse) [ˈbʲe.rɪðʲ]
  • (Griffith) [ˈbʲe.rɨðʲ]

Verb

berraid (verbal noun berrad)

1. to shear, to clip
2. to shave

Inflection

Simple, class A I present, s preterite, f future, a subjunctive

		active						passive
		singular			plural			singular	plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present indicative	abs.					berrthe	berrait
	conj.							·berrthar
	rel.							berrthar
imperfect indicative				·berrad		·berrthe		·berrthe
preterite	abs.		berrsi					berrthe
	conj.			·berr				·berrad
	rel.
perfect	deut.
	prot.			ro·berr
future	abs.
	conj.
	rel.
conditional
present subjunctive	abs.					berrthe	berrait
	conj.							·berrthar
	rel.							berrthar
past subjunctive				·berrad		·berrthe		·berrthe
imperative				berrad				berrthar
verbal noun
past participle
verbal of necessity

Descendants

• Irish: bearr
• Scottish Gaelic: beàrr

Mutation

Mutation of berraid

radical	lenition	nasalization
berraid	berraid pronounced with /βʲ-/	mberraid

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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