bearn

== Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bʲaːɾˠn̪ˠ/ === Noun === bearn f (genitive singular bearna, nominative plural bearnacha) Ulster form of bearna (“gap”) ==== Declension ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “bearna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN == Middle English == === Noun === bearn alternative form of barn (“child”) == Old English == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-West Germanic *barn. Cognate with Old Frisian bern, Old Saxon barn, Old Dutch *barn, Old High German barn, Old Norse barn, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽 (barn). Related to beran. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /bæ͜ɑrn/, [bæ͜ɑrˠn] ==== Noun ==== bearn n child late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy late 9th century, Old English Martyrology c. 990, Wessex Gospels, "Gospel of Saint John", chapter 13, verse 33 Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church baby ===== Usage notes ===== See the usage notes for ċild. ===== Declension ===== Strong a-stem: ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Middle English: barn, bern, bearn, bærn, barne, berne, barenEnglish: barn, bern (obsolete, dialectal)Geordie: bairnScots: bairn→ English: bairnYola: barrn === Etymology 2 === Inflections. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /bæ͜ɑrn/, [bæ͜ɑrˠn] ==== Verb ==== bearn first/third-person singular preterite of beirnan === Etymology 3 === Contraction of bereern, bereærn (literally “barley-place”), equivalent to bere +‎ ærn. ==== Alternative forms ==== bern ==== Noun ==== bearn n a place to store barley ===== Declension ===== Strong a-stem: ===== Descendants ===== Middle English: bern, barn, baryn, berne, bærn (Early Middle English), berrn (Ormulum)English: barnScots: bernYola: barrn