bér
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ber"
Czech
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bъrъ.
Noun
bér m inan
- any plant of the genus Setaria; foxtail, bristlegrass, etc.
Declension
Etymology 2
Noun
bér m inan
- (historical) a unit of distance formerly used in Mongolia
Declension
Further reading
- “bér”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “bér”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Hungarian
Etymology
Of debated origin:[1]
- From a Turkic language. Compare the Turkish verb form ver.
- From a South Slavic language.
Pronunciation
Noun
bér (plural bérek)
- wage
- See synonyms at Thesaurus:fizetés.
- (as a prefix) hired, rented, for hire
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | bér | bérek |
| accusative | bért | béreket |
| dative | bérnek | béreknek |
| instrumental | bérrel | bérekkel |
| causal-final | bérért | bérekért |
| translative | bérré | bérekké |
| terminative | bérig | bérekig |
| essive-formal | bérként | bérekként |
| essive-modal | bérül | — |
| inessive | bérben | bérekben |
| superessive | béren | béreken |
| adessive | bérnél | béreknél |
| illative | bérbe | bérekbe |
| sublative | bérre | bérekre |
| allative | bérhez | bérekhez |
| elative | bérből | bérekből |
| delative | bérről | bérekről |
| ablative | bértől | bérektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
béré | béreké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
béréi | bérekéi |
| Possessive forms of bér | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | bérem | béreim |
| 2nd person sing. | béred | béreid |
| 3rd person sing. | bére | bérei |
| 1st person plural | bérünk | béreink |
| 2nd person plural | béretek | béreitek |
| 3rd person plural | bérük | béreik |
Derived terms
Compound words
Expressions
Descendants
- → Romanian: bir
References
- ^ bér in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
- bér in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- bér in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).
Old Irish
Verb
·bér