berach

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• birach

Etymology

From bir +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʲerax]

Adjective

berach

1. pointed, sharp
   • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 60^a6

     berach no birdae glosses ueretus

2. having pointed ears; horned (of animals)

Declension

o/ā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	berach	berach	berach
Vocative	beraig* berach**
Accusative	berach	beraig
Genitive	beraig	beraige	beraig
Dative	beruch	beraig	beruch
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	beraig	beracha
Vocative	berachu beracha†
Accusative	berachu beracha†
Genitive	berach
Dative	berachaib
Notes	*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized

Descendants

• Irish: bearach, biorach
• Scottish Gaelic: biorach

Mutation

Mutation of berach

radical	lenition	nasalization
berach	berach pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mberach

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “berach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.rax/
• Rhymes: -ɛrax
• Syllabification: be‧rach

Noun

berach m

1. locative plural of ber

   Synonym: brach

Noun

berach f

1. locative plural of bera