berr

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See also: ber

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *barwa, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰorwos. Compare English barrow (castrated boar), Serbo-Croatian brâv (male sheep or goat).

Noun

berr m (plural berra, definite berri, definite plural berrat)

  1. sheep
    Synonyms: qengj, lukër
  2. goat
    Synonym: dhi

Declension

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Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *bɨrr, from Proto-Celtic *birros.

Adjective

berr

  1. short

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Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *bɨrr, from Proto-Celtic *birros.

Pronunciation

Adjective

berr

  1. short, brief

Mutation

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *birros.

Pronunciation

Adjective

berr

  1. short

Inflection

o/ā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative berr berr berr
Vocative birr*
berr**
Accusative berr birr
Genitive birr birre birr
Dative biurr birr biurr
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative birr berra
Vocative birru
berra
Accusative birru
berra
Genitive berr
Dative berraib
Notes *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative

**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

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Verb

·berr

  1. third-person singular preterite conjunct of berraid

Mutation

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

References

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *bazaz, whence also Old English bær, Old High German bar. Cognate with Icelandic ber and Norwegian Bokmål bar. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰosós.

Adjective

berr (feminine ber, neuter bert)

  1. bare
Declension
Descendants
  • Icelandic: ber
  • Faroese: berur
  • Norn: bjar
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: berr
  • Old Swedish: bar
  • Danish: bar
    • Norwegian Bokmål: bar
  • Gutnish: bär, bärar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

berr

  1. second/third-person singular present indicative of bera
  2. second/third-person singular present indicative of berja

References

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