bercaria

Latin

Alternative forms

barcaria
berca
bercheria
bercia
berciaria
bergeria
berkeria
berqueria

Etymology

Originally berbēx +‎ -āria.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /berˈkaː.ri.a/, [bɛrˈkäːriä]

(modern Italianate 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

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