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

  1. cress

Declension
    declension of berula (Transalpine)
Case Singular Plural
Nominative berulā berulās
Vocative berulā berulās
Accusative berulan1, berulim2 berulās
Genitive berulās1, beruliās2 berulanom
Dative berulī berulābo
Instrumental berulia1, berulī2 berulābi
Locative berulī berulābo
1 early forms, 2 late forms

Descendants
  • French: berle

References
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

Latin

Etymology

From Gaulish berulā.

Pronunciation

Noun

berula f (genitive berulae); first declension

  1. a herb: bittercress or waterparsnip
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Marcellus Empiricus to this entry?)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative berula berulae
Genitive berulae berulārum
Dative berulae berulīs
Accusative berulam berulās
Ablative berulā berulīs
Vocative berula berulae

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.
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