bearna

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish bern,[1] berna, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (to pierce).[2] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic beàrn.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bearna f (genitive singular bearna, nominative plural bearnaí)

  1. gap (opening made by breaking or parting, allowing passage or entrance, or implying a breach or defect)

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bearna bhearna mbearna
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bern”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “bearn”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 27, page 16
  4. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 40

Further reading

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Old English

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Noun

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bearna

  1. genitive plural of bearn