bērs
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Bēra ķēve
Latvian
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)
- (of horses and their hair) brown, bay
- bērs kumeļš ― brown, bay foal, colt
- bēra ķēve ― brown, bay mare
Declension
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of bērs
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | bērs | bēri | bēra | bēras | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | bēru | bērus | bēru | bēras | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | bēra | bēru | bēras | bēru | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | bēram | bēriem | bērai | bērām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | bēru | bēriem | bēru | bērām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | bērā | bēros | bērā | bērās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||
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Verb
bērs
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “bērs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN