Translingual edit

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ber

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

English edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Hindi बेर (ber).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ber (plural bers)

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

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Albanian edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

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

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

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Related terms edit

References edit

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

Cimbrian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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.

Pronoun edit

ber

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

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Czech edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

ber

  1. second-person singular imperative of brát

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Elfdalian edit

Adjective edit

ber

  1. bare, uncovered

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This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Faroese edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Noun edit

ber n (genitive singular bers, plural ber)

  1. berry
Declension edit
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
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Etymology 2 edit

Conjugated form.

Verb edit

ber

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

French edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ber m (plural bers)

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

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Icelandic edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Adjective edit

ber (comparative berari, superlative berastur)

  1. bare
  2. bare, naked
  3. uncovered
  4. discovered
    Hann varð ber að lygi.
    He was caught lying.
Inflection edit
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

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

Noun edit

ber n (genitive singular bers, nominative plural ber)

  1. berry
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Latvian edit

Verb edit

ber

  1. inflection of bērt:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. third-person plural present indicative
    3. second-person singular imperative
  2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of bērt
  3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of bērt

Mirandese edit

Verb edit

ber

  1. to see

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Mòcheno edit

Pronoun edit

ber

  1. unstressed form of biar

References edit

Namuyi edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [bɚ˧]
  • Hyphenation: ber

Verb edit

ber

  1. (stative) to be full (of)

References edit

  • Štěpán Pavlík (2017) The Description of Namuzi Language[2], Prague: Charles University (PhD Thesis), page 119

Northern Kurdish edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the same root as Etymology 2 below.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ber m (Arabic spelling بەر)

  1. front, face
    Synonym: pêşî
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

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).

Pronunciation edit

Preposition edit

ber (Arabic spelling بەر)

  1. (temporal and spatial) before; in front of; toward
  2. in, under
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Etymology 3 edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ber m (Arabic spelling بەر)

  1. stone, rock
    1. particularly a small stone
      Antonym: kevir
  2. bullet
Declension edit

Etymology 4 edit

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

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Noun edit

ber f (Arabic spelling بەڕ)

  1. kilim (type of carpet)
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Etymology 5 edit

Compare Persian بر (bar, fruit).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ber m or f (Arabic spelling بەر)

  1. fruit
    Synonyms: êmîş, fîkî, mêwe
  2. (figurative) product
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Etymology 6 edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

be'r f (Arabic spelling بەعر)

  1. Alternative form of behr (sea)
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References edit

  • 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 Bokmål edit

Verb edit

ber

  1. present of be

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology 1 edit

Verb edit

ber

  1. present tense of bera
  2. imperative of bera

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

ber

  1. present tense of be

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Old English edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bēr f

  1. bier; a litter to transport dead people

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Middle English: bere, beere, beer

Old French edit

Noun edit

ber m

  1. nominative singular of baron

Old Irish edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

·ber

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive conjunct of beirid

Mutation edit

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 Norse edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Noun edit

ber n (genitive plural berja)

  1. berry
Declension edit
Descendants edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective edit

ber

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

Verb edit

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

References edit

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

Polish edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Noun edit

ber m inan

  1. foxtail millet (Setaria italica)
Declension edit

or

Derived terms edit
adjective

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

ber f

  1. genitive plural of bera

Further reading edit

  • ber in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish edit

Verb edit

ber

  1. present indicative of be

Anagrams edit

Tatar edit

Tatar cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : ber
    Ordinal : berençe

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *bīr (one).

Numeral edit

ber (Cyrillic spelling бер)

  1. one


Volapük edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English bear (Ursidae).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ber (nominative plural bers)

  1. (male or female) bear (ursid)

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Welsh edit

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

ber

  1. feminine singular of byr

Mutation edit

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.

Yola edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

ber

  1. to bear, to carry

References edit

  • 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

Zaghawa edit

Pronoun edit

ber

  1. third person singular pronoun

Related terms edit

  • bers third person plural

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