bery

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Middle English

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Noun

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bery

  1. Alternative form of berye

Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.rɘ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrɘ
  • Syllabification: be‧ry

Noun

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bery m inan

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ber
    Synonym: bry

Noun

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bery f

  1. inflection of bera:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Scots

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Etymology

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Old English byrgan. Compare bury.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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bery (third-person singular simple present beries, present participle beryin, simple past beriet, past participle beriet)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) to bury

Welsh

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Welsh bery, from Proto-Celtic *bergā. Cognate with Old Irish berg (robber, plunderer).

Noun

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bery m (plural beryon)

  1. bird of prey
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Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
bery fery mery unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bery”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “berg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language