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berr

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See also: ber

Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *barwa, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰorwos. Compare English barrow (castrated boar), Serbo-Croatian brâv (male sheep or goat).

Noun

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berr m (plural berra, definite berri, definite plural berrat)

  1. sheep
    Synonyms: qengj, lukër
  2. goat
    Synonym: dhi

Declension

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Declension of berr
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative berr berri berra berrat
accusative berrin
dative berri berrit berrave berrave
ablative berrash

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • berr”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999), “berr”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[2]

Breton

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Etymology

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From Proto-Brythonic *bɨrr, from Proto-Celtic *birros.

Adjective

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berr

  1. short

Antonyms

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Derived terms

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Cornish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Brythonic *bɨrr, from Proto-Celtic *birros.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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berr

  1. short, brief

Noun

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berr f (plural berrow)

  1. (anatomy) calf (lower leg)

Mutation

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Mutation of berr
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
berr verr unchanged perr ferr verr

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *birros.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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berr

  1. short

Inflection

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o/ā-stem
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative berr berr berr
vocative birr*
berr**
accusative berr birr
genitive birr birre birr
dative biurr birr biurr
plural masculine feminine/neuter
nominative birr berra
vocative birru
berra
accusative birru
berra
genitive berr
dative berraib

*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Synonyms

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Antonyms

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Derived terms

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Verb

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·berr

  1. third-person singular preterite conjunct of berraid

Mutation

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Mutation of berr
radical lenition nasalization
berr berr
pronounced with /βʲ-/
mberr

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Germanic *bazaz, whence also Old English bær, Old High German bar. Cognate with Icelandic ber and Norwegian Bokmål bar. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰosós.

Adjective

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berr (feminine ber, neuter bert)

  1. bare
Declension
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Strong declension of berr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative berr ber bert
accusative beran bera bert
dative berum berri beru
genitive bers berrar bers
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative berir berar ber
accusative bera berar ber
dative berum berum berum
genitive berra berra berra
Weak declension of berr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative beri bera bera
accusative bera beru bera
dative bera beru bera
genitive bera beru bera
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative beru beru beru
accusative beru beru beru
dative berum berum berum
genitive beru beru beru
Declension of comparative of berr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative berari berari berara
accusative berara berari berara
dative berara berari berara
genitive berara berari berara
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative berari berari berari
accusative berari berari berari
dative berurum berurum berurum
genitive berari berari berari
Strong declension of superlative of berr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative berastr berust berast
accusative berastan berasta berast
dative berustum berastri berustu
genitive berasts berastrar berasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative berastir berastar berust
accusative berasta berastar berust
dative berustum berustum berustum
genitive berastra berastra berastra
Weak declension of superlative of berr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative berasti berasta berasta
accusative berasta berustu berasta
dative berasta berustu berasta
genitive berasta berustu berasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative berustu berustu berustu
accusative berustu berustu berustu
dative berustum berustum berustum
genitive berustu berustu berustu
Descendants
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  • Icelandic: ber
  • Faroese: berur
  • Norn: bjar
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: berr
  • Old Swedish: bar
  • Old Danish: bar
    • Danish: bar
    • Norwegian Bokmål: bar
  • Gutnish: bär, bärar

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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berr

  1. second/third-person singular present indicative of bera
  2. second/third-person singular present indicative of berja

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “berr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive