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Galician
Etymology
From Germanic or Celtic origin, both from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus (“beaver”). Akin to French bièvre, Old High German bibar (German Biber (“beaver”)), Middle Dutch bēver (Dutch bever (“beaver”)), Old English befer (“beaver”), Old East Slavic бо́бръ (bóbrŭ).
Pronunciation
Noun
befre m (plural befres)
- (dated) beaver (mammal)
- Synonym: castor
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “befre”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega