bērs

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See also: bers, berś, berš, bȩ̃rs, and бэрс

Latvian

Bēra ķēve

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *bērˀas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-, *bʰērH- (shiny, light brown). Cognates include Lithuanian bėras (bay (of horses)), Proto-Germanic *berô (bear) (Old High German bëro, German Bär, English bear).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

bērs (definite bērais, adverb bēri)

  1. (of horses and their hair) brown, bay
    bērs kumeļšbrown, bay foal, colt
    bēra ķēvebrown, bay mare

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Verb

bērs

  1. (deprecated template usage) 3rd person singular future indicative form of bērt
  2. (deprecated template usage) 3rd person plural future indicative form of bērt

References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “bērs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN