beran
التعريفات والمعاني
== Basque ==
=== Adjective ===
beran
inessive anim singular of bera
== Czech ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baranъ. First attested in the 14th century.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈbɛran]
=== Noun ===
beran m anim (relational adjective beraní, diminutive beránek)
ram (male sheep)
(expressive) stubborn person
(obsolete, derogatory) evangelical
==== Declension ====
=== Noun ===
beran m inan or m anim
ram (heavy device for battering down walls)
ram (heavy metal weight for driving piles)
ram (device on a ship for ramming other ships)
(agriculture) conical hay drying rack
(popular) garland of dogwood or yarrow branches for Palm Sunday
(in the plural, sports, slang) curved bicycle handlebars
==== Declension ====
when inanimate:
when animate:
=== Derived terms ===
=== See also ===
ovce
jehně
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
“beran”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
“beran”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
“beran”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026
== Northern Kurdish ==
=== Etymology ===
Related to berx (lamb), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥h₁ḗn (“ram”), see there for more. Compare also Proto-Slavic *baranъ.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /bɛˈɾɑːn/
=== Noun ===
beran m
ram
== Old Dutch ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-West Germanic *beran, from Proto-Germanic *beraną.
=== Verb ===
beran
to bear, to carry
==== Inflection ====
==== Descendants ====
Middle Dutch: bēren
==== Further reading ====
“beran”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
== Old English ==
=== Alternative forms ===
beoran
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-West Germanic *beran, from Proto-Germanic *beraną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti.
Cognate with Old Frisian bera, Old Saxon beran, Old Dutch beran, Old High German beran, Old Norse bera, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (bairan). The Indo-European root was also the source of Old Irish biru, Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō), Latin ferre.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈbe.rɑn/
=== Verb ===
beran
to carry, bear, hold
late 10th century, Ælfric, "Chair of Saint Peter"
c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Clement the Martyr"
late 10th century, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"
to wear
to sustain, support
to bring forth, produce, give birth
late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
Middle English: beren, beoren, bearen, barenEnglish: bearScots: bere, beirYola: ber, baar
== Old High German ==
=== Alternative forms ===
përan — Upper German
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-West Germanic *beran, from Proto-Germanic *beraną, whence also Old Saxon beran, Old English beran, Old Norse bera, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (bairan). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.
=== Verb ===
bëran
to bear
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
gibëran
==== Descendants ====
Middle High German: bëren, bërn
⇒ German: gebären
Alemannic German: beren
== Old Saxon ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-West Germanic *beran, from Proto-Germanic *beraną, whence also Old English beran, Old High German beran, Old Norse bera, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (bairan). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.
=== Verb ===
beran
to bear
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
giboran
giberan
==== Descendants ====
Middle Low German: beren, baren
German Low German: böhren
Westphalian:
Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: buar'n
Sauerländisch: ⇒ gebe̗ren
Westmünsterländisch: bohrn