bernas

See also: Bernas

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛʁ.na/, /bɛʁ.nɑ/

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Verb

bernas

1. second-person singular past historic of berner

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-n-o-, from *bʰer- (“to bear”). Synchronologically equivalent to ber̃ti +‎ -nas. Cognate with Latvian bȩ̄̀rns (“child”), Proto-Germanic *barną (“child”).

Noun

bérnas m (plural bernaĩ) stress pattern 3

1. lad
2. servant

Declension

Declension of bérnas

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	bérnas	bernaĩ
genitive (kilmininkas)	bérno	bernų̃
dative (naudininkas)	bérnui	bernáms
accusative (galininkas)	bérną	bérnus
instrumental (įnagininkas)	bérnu	bernaĩs
locative (vietininkas)	bernè	bernuosè
vocative (šauksmininkas)	bérne	bernaĩ

Synonyms

• (lad): berniukas, vaikinas
• (servant): tarnas

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “lad”): mergina

Derived terms

• (diminutive nouns) bernelis, berniukas, bernužis, bernužėlis

References

• Derksen, Rick (2015) “bernas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 88
• “bernas” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN