Wiktionary

ber

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ber"

TranslingualEdit

SymbolEdit

ber

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Berber languages.

EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Hindi बेर (ber).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ber (plural bers)

  1. A fruit-bearing tree (Ziziphus mauritiana); the jujube.

ReferencesEdit

AnagramsEdit

AlbanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Albanian *bōr-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōrs-, from root *bʰers- (“point, tip bolt”). Cognate to Old Irish barr (“point”).[1]

NounEdit

ber m (indefinite plural berë, definite singular beri, definite plural berët)

  1. bow; arc, arch
  2. arrow
  3. javelin, lance
  4. European whipsnake (Dolichophis jugularis, syn. Coluber jugularis)

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 95

CimbrianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle High German wer, from Old High German wer, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hwaz. Cognate with German wer, English who.

PronounEdit

ber

  1. (Luserna) who
    Bobrall du geast, gedenkhte ber du pist. ― Wherever you go, remember who you are.

ReferencesEdit

CzechEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

ber

  1. second-person singular imperative of brát

AnagramsEdit

ElfdalianEdit

AdjectiveEdit

ber

  1. bare, uncovered

InflectionEdit

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

FaroeseEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse ber, from Proto-Germanic *basją, *bazją.

NounEdit

ber n (genitive singular bers, plural ber)

  1. berry
DeclensionEdit
Declension of ber
n22 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ber berið ber berini
accusative ber berið ber berini
dative beri berinum berjum, berum berjunum, berunum
genitive bers bersins berja berjanna
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Conjugated form.

VerbEdit

ber

  1. inflection of bera:
    1. third-person singular present
    2. second-person singular imperative
Derived termsEdit

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Middle French berz, from Vulgar Latin *bertium (“little cradle”), from Gaulish.

PronunciationEdit

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NounEdit

ber m (plural bers)

  1. (nautical) a cradle that holds a ship before and during its launch

Further readingEdit

IcelandicEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse berr, from Proto-Germanic *bazaz.

AdjectiveEdit

ber (comparative berari, superlative berastur)

  1. bare
  2. bare, naked
  3. uncovered
  4. discovered
    Hann varð ber að lygi.
    He was caught lying.
InflectionEdit
    positive (strong declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative ber 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
    positive (weak declension)
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 beru beru beru
genitive beru beru beru
    comparative
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative berari berari berara
accusative berari berari berara
dative berari berari berara
genitive berari berari berara
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative berari berari berari
accusative berari berari berari
dative berari berari berari
genitive berari berari berari
    superlative (strong declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative berastur 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
    superlative (weak declension)
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 berustu berustu berustu
genitive berustu berustu berustu
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse ber, from Proto-Germanic *basją, *bazją.

NounEdit

ber n (genitive singular bers, nominative plural ber)

  1. berry
DeclensionEdit
declension of ber
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ber berið ber berin
accusative ber berið ber berin
dative beri berinu berjum berjunum
genitive bers bersins berja berjanna
Derived termsEdit

LatvianEdit

VerbEdit

ber

  1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of bērt
  2. 3rd person singular present indicative form of bērt
  3. 3rd person plural present indicative form of bērt
  4. 2nd person singular imperative form of bērt
  5. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of bērt
  6. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of bērt

MirandeseEdit

VerbEdit

ber

  1. to see

Related termsEdit

MòchenoEdit

PronounEdit

ber

  1. unstressed form of biar

ReferencesEdit

Northern KurdishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From the same root as Etymology 2 below.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ber m (Arabic spelling بەر‎)

  1. front, face
    Synonym: pêşî
DeclensionEdit
Declension of ber
Definite masculine gender
Case Singular Plural
Nominative ber ber
Construct berê berên
Oblique berî beran
Demonstrative oblique wî berî wan beran
Vocative bero berino
Indefinite masculine gender
Case Singular Plural
Nominative berek berin
Construct berekî berine
Oblique berekî berinan

Etymology 2Edit

Cognate with -bar (“in front of”), from Proto-Iranian *upári (“above; over”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *upári (“above; over”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *upér (“above; over”).

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

ber (Arabic spelling بەر)

  1. (temporal and spatial) before; in front of; toward
  2. in, under
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 3Edit

Likely from Proto-Iranian *varta- (“stone”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ber m (Arabic spelling بەر‎)

  1. stone, rock
    1. particularly a small stone
      Antonym: kevir
  2. bullet
DeclensionEdit
Declension of ber
Definite masculine gender
Case Singular Plural
Nominative ber ber
Construct berê berên
Oblique berî beran
Demonstrative oblique wî berî wan beran
Vocative bero berino
Indefinite masculine gender
Case Singular Plural
Nominative berek berin
Construct berekî berine
Oblique berekî berinan

Etymology 4Edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ber f (Arabic spelling بەڕ‎)

  1. kilim (type of carpet)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of ber
Definite masculine gender
Case Singular Plural
Nominative ber ber
Construct berê berên
Oblique berî beran
Demonstrative oblique wî berî wan beran
Vocative bero berino
Indefinite masculine gender
Case Singular Plural
Nominative berek berin
Construct berekî berine
Oblique berekî berinan

Etymology 5Edit

Compare Persian بر‎ (bar, “fruit”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ber m or f (Arabic spelling بەر‎)

  1. fruit
    Synonyms: êmîş, fîkî, mêwe
  2. (figuratively) product
DeclensionEdit
Declension of ber
Definite feminine and masculine gender
Case Feminine (sg) Masculine (sg) Plural
Nominative ber ber ber
Construct bera berê berên
Oblique berê berî beran
Demonstrative oblique wê berê wî berî wan beran
Vocative berê bero berino
Indefinite feminine and masculine gender
Rewş Feminine (sg) Masculine (sg) Plural
Nominative berek berek berin
Construct bereke berekî berine
Oblique berekê berekî berinan

Etymology 6Edit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

be'r f (Arabic spelling بەعر‎)

  1. Alternative form of behr (“sea”)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of ber
Definite feminine gender
Case Singular Plural
Nominative ber ber
Construct bera berên
Oblique berê beran
Demonstrative oblique wê berê wan beran
Vocative berê berino
Indefinite feminine gender
Case Singular Plural
Nominative berek berin
Construct bereke berine
Oblique berekê berinan

ReferencesEdit

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “ber I”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 45
  • Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “ber II”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 45
  • Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “ber III”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 46
  • Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “ber̄ IV”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 46
  • Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “ber V”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 47
  • Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “be‘r VI”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 47

Norwegian BokmålEdit

VerbEdit

ber

  1. present of be

Norwegian NynorskEdit

Etymology 1Edit

VerbEdit

ber

  1. present tense of bera
  2. imperative of bera

Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

ber

  1. present tense of be

AnagramsEdit

Old EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-West Germanic *bāru, from Proto-Germanic *bērō, whence also Old High German bāra.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

bēr f

  1. bier; a litter to transport dead people

DeclensionEdit

Declension of ber (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative bēr bēra, bēre
accusative bēre bēra, bēre
genitive bēre bēra
dative bēre bērum

DescendantsEdit

  • Middle English: bere, beere, beer

Old FrenchEdit

NounEdit

ber m

  1. nominative singular of baron

Old IrishEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

·ber

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive conjunct of beirid

MutationEdit

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

Old NorseEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Germanic *basją, *bazją, whence also Old English berġe, Old High German beri, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐍃𐌹 (basi).

NounEdit

ber n (genitive plural berja)

  1. berry
DeclensionEdit
  Declension of ber (strong ja-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ber berit ber berin
accusative ber berit ber berin
dative beri berinu berjum berjunum
genitive bers bersins berja berjanna
DescendantsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

AdjectiveEdit

ber

  1. inflection of berr (“bare”):
    1. strong feminine nominative singular
    2. strong neuter nominative/accusative plural

VerbEdit

ber

  1. inflection of bera:
    1. first-person singular present indicative active
    2. second-person singular imperative active
  2. inflection of berja:
    1. first-person singular present indicative active
    2. second-person singular imperative active

ReferencesEdit

  • “ber”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /bɛr/
  • Rhymes: -ɛr
  • Syllabification: ber

Etymology 1Edit

Inherited from Old Polish ber, from Proto-Slavic *bъrъ.

NounEdit

ber m inan

  1. foxtail millet (Setaria italica)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of ber
singular plural
nominative ber bery
genitive beru berów
dative berowi berom
accusative ber bery
instrumental berem berami
locative berze berach
vocative berze bery

or

Declension of ber
singular plural
nominative ber bry
genitive bru brów
dative browi brom
accusative ber bry
instrumental brem brami
locative brze brach
vocative brze bry
Derived termsEdit
adjective

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

NounEdit

ber f

  1. genitive plural of bera

Further readingEdit

  • ber in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ber in Polish dictionaries at PWN

SwedishEdit

VerbEdit

ber

  1. present tense of be.

AnagramsEdit

TatarEdit

Tatar cardinal numbers
1 2  > 
    Cardinal : ber
    Ordinal : berençe

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Turkic *bīr (“one”).

NumeralEdit

ber (Cyrillic spelling бер)

  1. one


VolapükEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English bear (Ursidae).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ber (nominative plural bers)

  1. (male or female) bear (ursid)

DeclensionEdit

declension of ber
singular plural
nominative ber bers
genitive bera beras
dative bere beres
accusative beri beris
vocative 1 o ber! o bers!
predicative 2 beru berus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived termsEdit

WelshEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

ber

  1. feminine singular of byr

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
ber fer mer unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

YolaEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English beren, from Old English beran, from Proto-West Germanic *beran.

VerbEdit

ber

  1. to bear, to carry

ReferencesEdit

  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 26

ZaghawaEdit

PronounEdit

ber

  1. third person singular pronoun

Related termsEdit

  • bers third person plural

ReferencesEdit

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