berr

See also: ber

Albanian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *barwa, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *bʰorwos (compare English barrow (“castrated boar”), Serbo-Croatian brâv (“male sheep or goat”)).

Noun

berr m (plural berra)

1. sheep, goat

Derived terms

• bërkoq
• berk

Related terms

• barukë, bashkë

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Breton

Etymology

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

Adjective

berr

1. short

Antonyms

• hir

Derived terms

• berr-ha-berr

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Cornish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɛɹ]

Adjective

berr

1. short, brief

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *birros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʲer͈/

Adjective

berr

1. short

Inflection

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

Synonyms

• breib
• cummair
• garit
• gerr

Antonyms

• fota

Derived terms

• berraid

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
berr	berr pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mberr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “berr”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Old Norse

Etymology

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

Adjective

berr

1. bare