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berach

berach

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • birach

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. 60a6
      "berach no birdae" glosses ueretus
  2. of animals, having pointed ears; horned

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
berach berach
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
mberach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • berach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.