berr

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

Declension of berr

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	berr	berri	berra	berrat
accusative		berrin
dative	berri	berrit	berrave	berrave
ablative			berrash

Derived terms

• berruc
• bërkoq
• kaberr
• rraberr

Related terms

• barukë
• bashkë

Further reading

• “berr”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980
• Newmark, L. (1999) “berr”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎

Breton

Etymology

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

Adjective

berr

1. short

Antonyms

• hir

Derived terms

• berr-ha-berr

Cornish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɛɹ]

Adjective

berr

1. short, brief

Noun

berr f (plural berrow)

1. (anatomy) calf (lower leg)

Mutation

Mutation of berr

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
berr	verr	unchanged	perr	ferr	verr

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *birros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʲer͈]

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

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

Synonyms

• breib
• cumbair
• garit

Antonyms

• fota

Derived terms

• berraid
• cumbair

Verb

·berr

1. third-person singular preterite conjunct of berraid

Mutation

Mutation of berr

radical	lenition	nasalization
berr	berr pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mberr

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “berr”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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

Strong declension of berr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	berr	ber	bert
accusative	beran	bera	bert
dative	berum	berri	beru
genitive	bers	berrar	bers
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	berir	berar	ber
accusative	bera	berar	ber
dative	berum	berum	berum
genitive	berra	berra	berra

Weak declension of berr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	beri	bera	bera
accusative	bera	beru	bera
dative	bera	beru	bera
genitive	bera	beru	bera
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	beru	beru	beru
accusative	beru	beru	beru
dative	berum	berum	berum
genitive	beru	beru	beru

Declension of comparative of berr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	berari	berari	berara
accusative	berara	berari	berara
dative	berara	berari	berara
genitive	berara	berari	berara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	berari	berari	berari
accusative	berari	berari	berari
dative	berurum	berurum	berurum
genitive	berari	berari	berari

Strong declension of superlative of berr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	berastr	berust	berast
accusative	berastan	berasta	berast
dative	berustum	berastri	berustu
genitive	berasts	berastrar	berasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	berastir	berastar	berust
accusative	berasta	berastar	berust
dative	berustum	berustum	berustum
genitive	berastra	berastra	berastra

Weak declension of superlative of berr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	berasti	berasta	berasta
accusative	berasta	berustu	berasta
dative	berasta	berustu	berasta
genitive	berasta	berustu	berasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	berustu	berustu	berustu
accusative	berustu	berustu	berustu
dative	berustum	berustum	berustum
genitive	berustu	berustu	berustu

Descendants

• Icelandic: ber
• Faroese: berur
• Norn: bjar
• Norwegian Nynorsk: berr
• Old Swedish: bar
  • Swedish: bar
• Old Danish: 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

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “berr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive