bercaria
Latin
Alternative forms
- barcaria
- berca
- bercheria
- bercia
- berciaria
- bergeria
- berkeria
- berqueria
Etymology
Originally berbēx + -āria.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /berˈkaː.ri.a/, [bɛrˈkäːriä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /berˈka.ri.a/, [berˈkäːriä]
Noun
bercāria f (genitive bercāriae); first declension
- (Medieval Latin) a sheepcote; a small building for sheltering sheep.
- a tannery
Usage notes
- R. E. Latham's Revised Medieval Latin Word-List translates bercāria as sheepfold (“a pen for enclosing sheep”), C. Dyer's research[1] states that this is incorrect and should be translated as sheepcote (“a small building for sheltering sheep”).
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | bercāria | bercāriae |
| Genitive | bercāriae | bercāriārum |
| Dative | bercāriae | bercāriīs |
| Accusative | bercāriam | bercāriās |
| Ablative | bercāriā | bercāriīs |
| Vocative | bercāria | bercāriae |
Related terms
- barcō
- barcarius
- bercārius
- brebicarius
Descendants
- English: bercary
References
- bercaria in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- Christopher Dyer, Sheepcotes: Evidence for Medieval Sheepfarming, University of Birmingham