bero
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Basque
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Adjective
bero (comparative beroago, superlative beroen, excessive beroegi)
Declension
Declension of bero (adjective, ending in vowel)
| indefinite | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | bero | beroa | beroak | |
| ergative | berok | beroak | beroek | |
| dative | berori | beroari | beroei | |
| genitive | beroren | beroaren | beroen | |
| comitative | berorekin | beroarekin | beroekin | |
| causative | berorengatik | beroarengatik | beroengatik | |
| benefactive | berorentzat | beroarentzat | beroentzat | |
| instrumental | beroz | beroaz | beroez | |
| inessive | anim. | berorengan | beroarengan | beroengan |
| inanim. | berotan | beroan | beroetan | |
| locative | anim. | — | — | — |
| inanim. | berotako | beroko | beroetako | |
| allative | anim. | berorengana | beroarengana | beroengana |
| inanim. | berotara | berora | beroetara | |
| terminative | anim. | berorenganaino | beroarenganaino | beroenganaino |
| inanim. | berotaraino | beroraino | beroetaraino | |
| directive | anim. | berorenganantz | beroarenganantz | beroenganantz |
| inanim. | berotarantz | berorantz | beroetarantz | |
| destinative | anim. | berorenganako | beroarenganako | beroenganako |
| inanim. | berotarako | berorako | beroetarako | |
| ablative | anim. | berorengandik | beroarengandik | beroengandik |
| inanim. | berotatik | berotik | beroetatik | |
| partitive | berorik | — | — | |
| prolative | berotzat | — | — | |
Adverb
bero (comparative beroago, superlative beroen, excessive beroegi)
Noun
bero inan
- warmth, heat
- (physics) heat
- fever
- (biology) heat, oestrus (a condition where a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate)
Declension
Declension of bero (inanimate, ending in vowel)
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | bero | beroa | beroak |
| ergative | berok | beroak | beroek |
| dative | berori | beroari | beroei |
| genitive | beroren | beroaren | beroen |
| comitative | berorekin | beroarekin | beroekin |
| causative | berorengatik | beroarengatik | beroengatik |
| benefactive | berorentzat | beroarentzat | beroentzat |
| instrumental | beroz | beroaz | beroez |
| inessive | berotan | beroan | beroetan |
| locative | berotako | beroko | beroetako |
| allative | berotara | berora | beroetara |
| terminative | berotaraino | beroraino | beroetaraino |
| directive | berotarantz | berorantz | beroetarantz |
| destinative | berotarako | berorako | beroetarako |
| ablative | berotatik | berotik | beroetatik |
| partitive | berorik | — | — |
| prolative | berotzat | — | — |
Antonyms
Further reading
- “bero”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “bero”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Esperanto
Etymology
From German Beere and English berry.
Pronunciation
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Noun
bero (accusative singular beron, plural beroj, accusative plural berojn)
Latin
Adjective
bērō
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *berō, see also Old English bera, Old Norse bjǫrn.
Noun
bero m
Descendants
- Middle High German: bër
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
bero
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| bero | bero pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ |
mbero |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Swedish
Etymology
From calque of German beruhen (older form also berugen) or Middle Low German *berouwen, equivalent to be- + ro. Cognate with Danish bero and Norwegian Bokmål bero.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -uː
Verb
bero (present beror, preterite berodde, supine berott, imperative bero)
- to depend (upon)
- Hans hjärta var nu en gång stämt för hjälpsamhet, och dess frid berodde av medvetandet av att ha hjälpt den hjälpbehövande.
- His heart was once and for all tuned to helpfulness, and its peace depended on being conscious of having helped someone in need.
- to be caused (by), to be explained (by)
- Den ofrivilliga pausen berodde på att datorn havererade
- The involuntary pause was caused by the computer's crashing.
- to have an unknown (or unspecified) cause (if the reason is omitted)
- det beror på ― it depends
- to be shelved, to be postponed, to be less important (lacking good reasons)
- Guvernören fann det vara en omöjlig uppgift att bygga en kanal här, så saken fick bero.
- The governor found it an impossible task to build a canal here, so the issue was shelved.
Conjugation
Conjugation of bero (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | bero | — | ||
| Supine | berott | — | ||
| Imperative | bero | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | beron | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | beror | berodde | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | bero | berodde | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | bero | berodde | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | beroende | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms
Further reading
- bero in Svensk ordbok.