berula
Gaulish
Etymology
A diminutive form of beru, from Proto-Celtic *beru, *bẹrŭro- (“spring, well”), said by Matasović to likely be related to *brutus (“fermentation, boiling heat”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-. Cognate with Welsh berwr, Irish biolar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbe.ru.laː/
Noun
berulā f
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | berulā | berulās |
| vocative | berulā | berulās |
| accusative | berulan1, berulim2 | berulās |
| genitive | berulās1, beruliās2 | berulanom |
| dative | berulī1, berulia2 | berulābo |
| instrumental | berulī | berulābi |
| locative | berulī | berulābo |
1 early form
2 late form
Descendants
- French: berle
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈbɛ.rʊ.ɫa]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈbɛː.ru.la]
Noun
berula f (genitive berulae); first declension
- a herb: bittercress or waterparsnip
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Marcellus Empiricus to this entry?)
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | berula | berulae |
| genitive | berulae | berulārum |
| dative | berulae | berulīs |
| accusative | berulam | berulās |
| ablative | berulā | berulīs |
| vocative | berula | berulae |
Descendants
- → Translingual: Berula
References
- “berŭla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “berŭla”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 215/2.