"birken" meaning in Scots

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈbɛrkən/, /ˈbʌrkən/, /ˈbɪrkən/ [Southern-Scots]
Etymology: birk + -en. From Middle English birken, birchen, from Old English bircen, *biercen, beorcen (“made of birch, birchen”), from Proto-Germanic *birkīnaz (“made of birch”). Cognate with English birchen, Dutch berken, Low German berken, German birken. Etymology templates: {{suffix|sco|birk|en}} birk + -en, {{inh|sco|enm|birken}} Middle English birken, {{inh|sco|ang|bircen}} Old English bircen, {{inh|sco|gem-pro|*birkīnaz||made of birch}} Proto-Germanic *birkīnaz (“made of birch”), {{cog|en|birchen}} English birchen, {{cog|nl|berken}} Dutch berken, {{cog|nds|berken}} Low German berken, {{cog|de|birken}} German birken Head templates: {{head|sco|adjective|not comparable|cat2=uncomparable adjectives}} birken (not comparable), {{sco-adj|-}} birken (not comparable)
  1. Made of, consisting of, pertaining to birch; birchen. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: birkin Derived forms: birkenshaw
    Sense id: en-birken-sco-adj-S4tgeGBC Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Scots entries with incorrect language header, Scots terms suffixed with -en
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      "expansion": "English birchen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "berken"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch berken",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "berken"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German berken",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "1": "de",
        "2": "birken"
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  "etymology_text": "birk + -en.\nFrom Middle English birken, birchen, from Old English bircen, *biercen, beorcen (“made of birch, birchen”), from Proto-Germanic *birkīnaz (“made of birch”). Cognate with English birchen, Dutch berken, Low German berken, German birken.",
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          "word": "birkenshaw"
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        {
          "english": "O weary Winter soon will pass, / And Spring will clothe the birch grove;",
          "ref": "1788, Robert Burns, The Bonie Lad That's Far Awa:",
          "text": "O weary Winter soon will pass, / And Spring will cleed the birken shaw;",
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        "Made of, consisting of, pertaining to birch; birchen."
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          "birch",
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        {
          "word": "birkin"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɛrkən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbʌrkən/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈbɪrkən/",
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  "word": "birken"
}
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        "2": "birchen"
      },
      "expansion": "English birchen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "berken"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch berken",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "berken"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German berken",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "birken"
      },
      "expansion": "German birken",
      "name": "cog"
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  "etymology_text": "birk + -en.\nFrom Middle English birken, birchen, from Old English bircen, *biercen, beorcen (“made of birch, birchen”), from Proto-Germanic *birkīnaz (“made of birch”). Cognate with English birchen, Dutch berken, Low German berken, German birken.",
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  "lang_code": "sco",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "english": "O weary Winter soon will pass, / And Spring will clothe the birch grove;",
          "ref": "1788, Robert Burns, The Bonie Lad That's Far Awa:",
          "text": "O weary Winter soon will pass, / And Spring will cleed the birken shaw;",
          "type": "quote"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Made of, consisting of, pertaining to birch; birchen."
      ],
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          "birch",
          "birch#English"
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          "birchen",
          "birchen#English"
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      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɛrkən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbʌrkən/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈbɪrkən/",
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "birkin"
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  "word": "birken"
}

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