"bairn" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /bern/ [Scotland], /bɛrn/ [Scotland], /ˈbɛəʁn/ (note: Northumberland, North Durham, rhotic), /ˈbɛəɹn/ (note: UK, rhotic), /ˈbɛən/ (note: UK, non-rhotic), /ˈbɛːn/ (note: UK, non-rhotic), /ˈbɛɚn/ [Canada, Ireland, US, West-Country], /ˈbaːn/ Audio: Eng-bairn-rhoScot.ogg Forms: bairns [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)n, -ɛːn, -aːn Etymology: Borrowed from Scots bairn, from Middle English bern, barn, from Old English bearn, from Proto-West Germanic *barn, from Proto-Germanic *barną. Doublet of barn. Compare West Frisian bern. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰer-}}, {{bor+|en|sco|bairn}} Borrowed from Scots bairn, {{der|en|enm|bern}} Middle English bern, {{der|en|ang|bearn}} Old English bearn, {{der|en|gmw-pro|*barn}} Proto-West Germanic *barn, {{der|en|gem-pro|*barną}} Proto-Germanic *barną, {{doublet|en|barn#Etymology_2}} Doublet of barn, {{cog|fy|bern}} West Frisian bern Head templates: {{en-noun}} bairn (plural bairns)
  1. (Scotland, and parts of Northern England) A child or baby. Tags: Scotland Categories (topical): Children, People Translations (child or baby): barn [neuter] (Danish), Kind [neuter] (German), Kleinkind [neuter] (German), Baby [masculine] (German), barn [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), barn [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-bairn-en-noun-SQsbp0~9 Disambiguation of Children: 94 6 Disambiguation of People: 89 11 Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 47 53 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 34 40 21 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 43 16 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 48 52 Derived forms: bairnhood, bairnie, bairny, bairnish, bairnless, bairnlike, bairnly, bairn-time, knave bairn, shy bairns get nowt, shy bairns get noot, stepbairn

Verb

IPA: /bern/ [Scotland], /bɛrn/ [Scotland], /ˈbɛəʁn/ (note: Northumberland, North Durham, rhotic), /ˈbɛəɹn/ (note: UK, rhotic), /ˈbɛən/ (note: UK, non-rhotic), /ˈbɛːn/ (note: UK, non-rhotic), /ˈbɛɚn/ [Canada, Ireland, US, West-Country], /ˈbaːn/ Audio: Eng-bairn-rhoScot.ogg Forms: bairns [present, singular, third-person], bairning [participle, present], bairned [participle, past], bairned [past]
Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)n, -ɛːn, -aːn Etymology: Borrowed from Scots bairn, from Middle English bern, barn, from Old English bearn, from Proto-West Germanic *barn, from Proto-Germanic *barną. Doublet of barn. Compare West Frisian bern. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰer-}}, {{bor+|en|sco|bairn}} Borrowed from Scots bairn, {{der|en|enm|bern}} Middle English bern, {{der|en|ang|bearn}} Old English bearn, {{der|en|gmw-pro|*barn}} Proto-West Germanic *barn, {{der|en|gem-pro|*barną}} Proto-Germanic *barną, {{doublet|en|barn#Etymology_2}} Doublet of barn, {{cog|fy|bern}} West Frisian bern Head templates: {{en-verb}} bairn (third-person singular simple present bairns, present participle bairning, simple past and past participle bairned)
  1. (transitive, Scotland) To make pregnant. Tags: Scotland, transitive
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Inflected forms

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        "3": "bern"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English bern",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "bearn"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English bearn",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*barn"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*barną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *barną",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "barn#Etymology_2"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of barn",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "bern"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian bern",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Scots bairn, from Middle English bern, barn, from Old English bearn, from Proto-West Germanic *barn, from Proto-Germanic *barną. Doublet of barn. Compare West Frisian bern.",
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    {
      "form": "bairns",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Northern England English",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Scottish English"
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        {
          "ref": "1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:",
          "text": "She moved about the country like a ghost, gathering herbs in dark loanings, lingering in kirkyairds, and casting a blight on innocent bairns.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1994 [1993], Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting, London: Minerva, →ISBN, page 219:",
          "text": "They say that a shag is good for an unborn child, they get the circulation of blood, or some shite. The least ah kin dae is take an interest in the bairn’s welfare.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1998, Jonathan Langley, Collins Bedtime Treasury of Nursery Rhymes and Tales, Bobby Shaftoe, page 87:",
          "text": "Bobby Shaftoe's getten a bairn\nFor to dandle in his arm;\nIn his arm and on his knee,\nBobby Shaftoe loves me.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "A child or baby."
      ],
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        ],
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          "baby"
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        "(Scotland, and parts of Northern England) A child or baby."
      ],
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      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/bern/",
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        "Scotland"
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      "ipa": "/bɛrn/",
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɛəʁn/",
      "note": "Northumberland, North Durham, rhotic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɛəɹn/",
      "note": "UK, rhotic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɛən/",
      "note": "UK, non-rhotic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɛːn/",
      "note": "UK, non-rhotic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɛɚn/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "Ireland",
        "US",
        "West-Country"
      ]
    },
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbaːn/"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɛə(ɹ)n"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɛːn"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-aːn"
    }
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "child or baby",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "barn"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "child or baby",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Kind"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "child or baby",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Kleinkind"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "child or baby",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Baby"
    },
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "barn"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "child or baby",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "barn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bairn"
}

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    {
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    },
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      "form": "bairning",
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      "form": "bairned",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "ref": "1992, Robin Jenkins, Happy for the Child, page 108:",
          "text": "Go and kick the man that bairned your Nancy.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1994 [1993], Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting, London: Minerva, →ISBN, page 171:",
          "text": "Just because he's signed up fir the fuckin army again, six bastard years this time, and bairned some slag.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make pregnant."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pregnant",
          "pregnant"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, Scotland) To make pregnant."
      ],
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        "Scotland",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/bern/",
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɛrn/",
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɛəʁn/",
      "note": "Northumberland, North Durham, rhotic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɛəɹn/",
      "note": "UK, rhotic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɛən/",
      "note": "UK, non-rhotic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɛːn/",
      "note": "UK, non-rhotic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɛɚn/",
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        "Canada",
        "Ireland",
        "US",
        "West-Country"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbaːn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛə(ɹ)n"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛːn"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bairn"
}

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