verb · transitive · rare

bairn

bairn · bairns · bairned · bairning

To get pregnantTo get (someone) pregnant.

/bɛərn/

» Tom has a bairn.

Meaning

1 senses

(Scotland)To get (someone) pregnant.

Examples

1 sentences

Tom has a bairn.
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Origin

Borrowed from Scots bairn, from Middle English bern, barn, from Old English bearn, from Pr

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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Forms

bairns, bairning, bairned, bairned

Base form	bairn · to bairn
3rd person singular	bairns
Present participle	bairning
Past simple	bairned
Past participle	bairned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	bairn
he, she, it	bairns

Past simpleLesson

all persons

bairned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have bairned
he, she, it	has bairned

Future simple (will)Lesson