berula

Gaulish edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

IPA^(key): /ˈbe.ru.laː/

Noun edit

berulā f

cress

Declension edit

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 edit

French: berle

References edit

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

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Gaulish berulā.

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbe.ru.la/, [ˈbɛrʊɫ̪ä]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbe.ru.la/, [ˈbɛːrulä]

Noun edit

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 edit

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 edit

“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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