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From Old Irish berraid (“shears, clips; shaves; tonsures; cuts (cards)”), from berr.
bearr (present analytic bearrann, future analytic bearrfaidh, verbal noun bearradh, past participle bearrtha)
- (transitive) clip, cut, trim
- (transitive) shave
- (transitive) skim (milk)
- (transitive, photography) crop; pare
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singular
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plural
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relative
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autonomous
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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indicative
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present
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bearraim
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bearrann tú; bearrair†
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bearrann sé, sí
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bearraimid
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bearrann sibh
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bearrann siad; bearraid†
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a bhearrann; a bhearras / a mbearrann*
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bearrtar
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past
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bhearr mé; bhearras
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bhearr tú; bhearrais
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bhearr sé, sí
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bhearramar; bhearr muid
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bhearr sibh; bhearrabhair
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bhearr siad; bhearradar
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a bhearr / ar bhearr*
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bearradh
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past habitual
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bhearrainn / mbearrainn‡‡
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bhearrtá / mbearrtᇇ
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bhearradh sé, sí / mbearradh sé, s퇇
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bhearraimis; bhearradh muid / mbearraimis‡‡; mbearradh muid‡‡
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bhearradh sibh / mbearradh sibh‡‡
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bhearraidís; bhearradh siad / mbearraidís‡‡; mbearradh siad‡‡
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a bhearradh / a mbearradh*
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bhearrtaí / mbearrta퇇
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future
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bearrfaidh mé; bearrfad
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bearrfaidh tú; bearrfair†
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bearrfaidh sé, sí
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bearrfaimid; bearrfaidh muid
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bearrfaidh sibh
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bearrfaidh siad; bearrfaid†
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a bhearrfaidh; a bhearrfas / a mbearrfaidh*
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bearrfar
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conditional
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bhearrfainn / mbearrfainn‡‡
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bhearrfá / mbearrfᇇ
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bhearrfadh sé, sí / mbearrfadh sé, s퇇
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bhearrfaimis; bhearrfadh muid / mbearrfaimis‡‡; mbearrfadh muid‡‡
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bhearrfadh sibh / mbearrfadh sibh‡‡
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bhearrfaidís; bhearrfadh siad / mbearrfaidís‡‡; mbearrfadh siad‡‡
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a bhearrfadh / a mbearrfadh*
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bhearrfaí / mbearrfa퇇
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subjunctive
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present
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go mbearra mé; go mbearrad†
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go mbearra tú; go mbearrair†
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go mbearra sé, sí
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go mbearraimid; go mbearra muid
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go mbearra sibh
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go mbearra siad; go mbearraid†
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—
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go mbearrtar
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past
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dá mbearrainn
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dá mbearrtá
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dá mbearradh sé, sí
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dá mbearraimis; dá mbearradh muid
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dá mbearradh sibh
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dá mbearraidís; dá mbearradh siad
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—
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dá mbearrtaí
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imperative
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bearraim
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bearr
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bearradh sé, sí
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bearraimis
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bearraigí; bearraidh†
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bearraidís
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—
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bearrtar
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verbal noun
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bearradh
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past participle
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bearrtha
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* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bearr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “berraid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 40