Beirn

See also: bèirn

Irish

Etymology

From German Bern, French Berne.

Proper noun

Beirn f (genitive Bheirn)

1. Bern (the capital city of Switzerland)

See also

• Cónaidhm na hEilvéise (“the Swiss Confederation”)
• An Eilvéis (“Switzerland”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Beirn

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Beirn	Bheirn	mBeirn

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

Further reading

• “Bern”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Berne”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm