bercaria

Latin

Alternative forms

• barcaria
• berca
• bercheria
• bercia
• berciaria
• bergeria
• berkeria
• berqueria

Etymology

Originally berbēx +‎ -āria.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /berˈkaː.ri.a/, [bɛrˈkäːriä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /berˈka.ri.a/, [berˈkäːriä]

Noun

bercāria f (genitive bercāriae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) a sheepcote; a small building for sheltering sheep.
2. a tannery

Usage notes

• R. E. Latham's Revised Medieval Latin Word-List translates bercāria as sheepfold (“a pen for enclosing sheep”), C. Dyer's research states that this is incorrect and should be translated as sheepcote (“a small building for sheltering sheep”).

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	bercāria	bercāriae
genitive	bercāriae	bercāriārum
dative	bercāriae	bercāriīs
accusative	bercāriam	bercāriās
ablative	bercāriā	bercāriīs
vocative	bercāria	bercāriae

Related terms

• barcō
• barcarius
• bercārius
• brebicarius

Descendants

• English: bercary

References

• bercaria in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)