beran

beran

1. inessive anim singular of bera

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baranъ.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛran]

beran m anim

1. ram (male sheep)
2. (expressive) stubborn person
3. (obsolete, derogatory) evangelical

beran m inan or m anim

1. ram (heavy device for battering down walls)
2. ram (heavy metal weight for driving piles)
3. ram (device on a ship for ramming other ships)
4. (agriculture) conical hay drying rack
5. (popular) garland of dogwood or yarrow branches for Palm Sunday
6. (in the plural, sports, slang) curved bicycle handlebars

when inanimate:

when animate:

• ovce
• jehně

• beran in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• beran in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• beran in Internetová jazyková příručka

Related to berx (lamb), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥h₁ḗn (“ram”), see there for more. Compare also Proto-Slavic *baranъ.

• IPA^(key): /bɛˈɾɑːn/

beran m

1. ram

From Proto-West Germanic *beran, from Proto-Germanic *beraną.

beran

1. to bear, to carry

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Middle Dutch: bēren

• “beran”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

• beoran

From Proto-West Germanic *beran, from Proto-Germanic *beraną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti.

Cognate with Old Frisian bera, Old Saxon beran, Old Dutch beran, Old High German beran, Old Norse bera, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (bairan). The Indo-European root was also the source of Old Irish biru, Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō), Latin ferre.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe.rɑn/

beran

1. to carry, bear
2. to wear
3. to sustain, support
4. to bring forth, produce, give birth

• āberan
• -bora
• forberan
• foreberan
• forþberan
• ġeberan
• ġeboren
• underberan

• Middle English: beren, beoren, bearen, baren
  • English: bear
  • Scots: bere, beir
  • Yola: ber, baar

• peran

From Proto-West Germanic *beran, from Proto-Germanic *beraną, whence also Old Saxon beran, Old English beran, Old Norse bera, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (bairan). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.

beran

1. to bear

• giberan

• Middle High German: bëren, bërn
  • ⇒ German: gebären
  • Alemannic German: beren

From Proto-West Germanic *beran, from Proto-Germanic *beraną, whence also Old English beran, Old High German beran, Old Norse bera, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (bairan). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.

beran

1. to bear
   • thena lefna lamon bārun mid is beddiu

     They were bearing the living lame man with his bed

     (Heliand, verse 2309)

• giboran
• giberan

• Middle Low German: beren, baren
  • German Low German: böhren
  • Westphalian:

    Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: buar'n

    Sauerländisch: ⇒ gebe̗ren

    Westmünsterländisch: bohrn