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beirid

Irish

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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beirid

  1. (archaic, Munster) third-person plural present indicative of beir

Usage notes

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The modern standard form is beireann siad.

Mutation

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Mutated forms of beirid
radical lenition eclipsis
beirid bheirid mbeirid

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Middle Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish beirid, from Proto-Celtic *bereti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-. See Old Irish ro·uic for the etymology of the suppletive perfective forms.

Pronunciation

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  • (earlier) IPA(key): /ˈbʲerʲəðʲ/
  • (later) IPA(key): /ˈbʲerʲəɣʲ/

Verb

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beirid (conjunct beir, verbal noun breth)

  1. to carry, bring
    • c. 1000, “The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig”, in Ernst Windisch, editor, Irische Texte, volume 1, published 1800, section 1:
      Ro·ferad failte friu uile, ocus ructha chuci-sium isin mbruidin.
      They were all made welcome and brought to him in the hall.
    • c. 1000, anonymous author, edited by Rudolf Thurneysen, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó, Dublin: Stationery Office, published 1935, § 1, page 2, line 15:
      Mani·tucad immurgu ní din chéttadall ni·bered a n-aill.
      If, however, he did not take anything at (literally “from”) his first thrust, he did not bring the second.

Conjugation

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  • Third person singular imperfect indicative: ·bered
  • Plural passive perfect contracted absolute: ructha

Descendants

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  • Irish: beir
  • Manx: behr
  • Scottish Gaelic: beir

Mutation

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Mutation of beirid
radical lenition nasalization
beirid beirid
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/		 mbeirid

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *bereti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti. See ro·uic for the etymology of the suppletive perfective forms.

Cognates include Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (bairan), Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō), Sanskrit भरति (bhárati), Latin ferō, Old Church Slavonic бьрати (bĭrati).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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beirid (conjunct ·beir, verbal noun breth)

  1. to carry, bring
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 6c9
      Ní hed not·beir i nem, cía ba loingthech.
      It is not this that brings you sg into heaven, that you may be gluttonous.
  2. to bear (children)
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 129c8
      in tan ṁberes claind, is fáilid íar sin
      when she bears children, she is joyous after that
  3. to give, pass (judgment)
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 9c12
      Bat hé berte bretha lib.
      Let it be them who give judgments among you.
  4. to refer [with fri ‘to’]
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 29a28
      Ní taibre grád for nech causa a pectha ꝉ a chaíngníma: ar bíit alaili and ro·finnatar a pecthe resíu do·coí grád forru; alaili is íarum ro·finnatar. Berir dano fri láa brátha.
      You sg should not confer orders on anyone because of his sin or of his good deed: for there are some whose sins are found out before their ordination, others whose [sins] are found out afterwards. Reference is made, then, to the day of judgment.
      (literally, “…before orders go upon them…”)

For more quotations using this term, see Citations:beirid.

Conjugation

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Simple, class B I present, t preterite, é future, a subjunctive
1st sg. 2nd sg. 3rd sg. 1st pl. 2nd pl. 3rd pl. Passive sg. Passive pl.
Present indicative Abs. biru biri beirid bermai beirthe berait berir, berair bertair
Conj. ·biur ·bir ·beir; not·beir (prefixed with no-t-) ·beram ·beirid ·berat ·berar ·bertar
Rel. beres, beires berte, bertae berar bertar
Imperfect indicative ·berinn, ·beirinn ·beired ·beirmis ·beirtis ·beirthe ·beirtis
Preterite Abs. birt brethae
Conj. ·biurt ·birt ·bert ·bertatar ·breth ·bretha
Rel. bert bertatar
Perfect Deut.
Prot.
Future Abs. bérae béraid bérait bérthair
Conj. ·bér ·bérae ·béra ·béram ·bérat ·bérthar ·bértar
Rel. béras, bǽras bértae bérthar
Conditional ·bérainn ·bértha ·bérad ·bérmais ·bérthae ·bértais ·bérthae
Present subjunctive Abs. beraid berthair
Conj. ·ber ·berae ·bera ·beram ·beraid ·berat ·berthar ·bertar
Rel. berte, bertae
Past subjunctive ·berinn, ·berainn ·bertha ·berad ·bermais ·berthae ·bertais ·berthae ·bertais
Imperative beir beired beram beirid berar
Verbal noun breth
Past participle
Verbal of necessity

Perfective forms derived from ro·uic:

Complex, class A I present, f future, a subjunctive
1st sg. 2nd sg. 3rd sg. 1st pl. 2nd pl. 3rd pl. Passive sg. Passive pl.
Present indicative Deut. ro·ucca ro·ucthar
Prot. ·rucaim ·ruca, ·rucca ·rucat ·ructhar
Imperfect indicative Deut.
Prot. ·rucad ·ructais
Preterite Deut.
Prot.
Perfect Deut. ro·uccus ro·ucais ro·ucc, ro·uic ro·ucsaid ro·ucsat ro·ucad ro·uctha
Prot. ·rucus ·rucais ·ruc ·rucsat ·rucad ·ructha
Future Deut.
Prot. ·rucfaither ·rucfaiter
Conditional Deut.
Prot.
Present subjunctive Deut.
Prot. ·ruca, ·rucca ·ructar
Past subjunctive Deut.
Prot. ·ruccainn ·ructhae ·ructais
Imperative uic
Verbal noun
Past participle
Verbal of necessity

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Mutation

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Mutation of beirid
radical lenition nasalization
beirid beirid
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ 		mbeirid

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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