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)

	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

From Gaulish berulā.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈbɛ.rʊ.ɫa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbɛː.ru.la]

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.

	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.