bearna
Irish
Alternative forms
- bearn
- beárn (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle Irish bern, berna, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“to pierce”).[1] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic beàrn.
Pronunciation
Noun
bearna f (genitive singular bearna, nominative plural bearnaí)
- gap (opening made by breaking or parting, allowing passage or entrance, or implying a breach or defect)
Declension
Declension of bearna
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- bearna bhaoil (“gap of danger, breach (in battle)”)
- bearna chustaim (“toll-bar”)
- bearna ghiorria (“harelip, cleft lip”)
- bearna mhíl (“harelip, cleft lip”)
- craobh-bhearna (“branch gap”)
Mutation
| 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
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “bearn”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bearna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bern”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “bearna” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 40
- Entries containing “bearna” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 16
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