berula

Gaulish

Etymology

A diminutive form of beru, from Proto-Celtic *beru, *bẹrŭro- (“spring, well”), said by Matasović to likely be related to *brutus (“fermentation, boiling heat”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe.ru.laː/

Noun

berulā f

1. cress

Declension

    declension of berula (Transalpine)

Case Singular Plural Nominative berulā berulās Vocative berulā berulās Accusative berulan1, berulim2 berulās Genitive berulās1, beruliās2 berulanom Dative berulī berulābo Instrumental berulia1, berulī2 berulābi Locative berulī berulābo 1 early forms, 2 late forms

Descendants

• French: berle

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

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Latin

Etymology

From Gaulish berulā.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbe.ru.la/, [ˈbɛrʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbe.ru.la/, [ˈbɛːrulä]

Noun

berula f (genitive berulae); first declension

1. a herb: bittercress or waterparsnip
   • (Can we find and add a quotation of Marcellus Empiricus to this entry?)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	berula	berulae
Genitive	berulae	berulārum
Dative	berulae	berulīs
Accusative	berulam	berulās
Ablative	berulā	berulīs
Vocative	berula	berulae

References

• “berŭla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• berŭla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 215/2.