bera

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bera

1. fence

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /beɾa/ [be.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Hyphenation: be‧ra

From the Proto-Basque root *ber-.

bera (postposed)

1. the same

   Ikasle bera izan da leihoa apurtu duena. ― That same student has broken the window.

• This term is used anaphorically, referencing a noun that has already been mentioned.
• This term is declined differently depending on whether it's used as a determiner or a pronoun (unlike hau, hori and hura).

bera

1. Third-person singular personal pronoun; he, she, it

   Synonym: hura

   Berarekin etorri zinen. ― You came with him/her.

2. oneself, in person (used for greater emphasis)

   Nire amonak berak egingo ditu erosketak. ― My grandmother herself will do the shopping.

   Nire etxean bertan nago. ― I'm at my own house.

• Unlike the determiner, this term isn't used anaphorically. Rather, it is used as an emphatic version of hura (similar to the pair ni/neu).
• This term is declined differently depending on whether it's used as a determiner or a pronoun (unlike hau, hori and hura).
• When used in the second sense, both the noun and the pronoun are declined.

From Proto-Basque *bera.

bera (comparative berago, superlative beren, excessive beregi)

1. soft, smooth
2. gentle, soft, mild

bera

1. allative singular of be

• “bera”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “bera”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛra]
• Rhymes: -ɛra
• Hyphenation: be‧ra

bera

1. masculine singular present transgressive of brát

• rabe

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeːɹa/
• Rhymes: -eːɹa

  Homophones: Bera

From berur.

bera f (genitive singular beru, plural berur)

1. clearing

Declension of bera
f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bera	beran	berur	berurnar
accusative	beru	beruna	berur	berurnar
dative	beru	beruni	berum	berunum
genitive	beru	berunnar	bera	beranna

• beri

From Old Norse bera (“to bear”), from Proto-Germanic *beraną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.

bera (takes accusative object, third person singular past indicative bar, third person plural past indicative bóru, supine borið)

1. to bear, to carry

Conjugation of bera (group v-54)
infinitive	bera
supine	borið
participle (a26)1	berandi	borin
	present	past
first singular	beri	bar
second singular	bert	bart
third singular	ber	bar
plural	bera	bóru
	imperative
singular	ber!
plural	berið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛːra/
• Rhymes: -ɛːra

  Homophones: Bera

From the Old Norse bera (“to bear”), from Proto-Germanic *beraną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.

bera (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative bar, third-person plural past indicative báru, supine borið)

1. (governs the accusative) to carry, to bear
2. (governs the accusative, of cows and sheep) to give birth
3. (impersonal) denotes an obligation or duty to do something
   • Article 1, Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Icelandic, English)

     Hver maður er borinn frjáls og jafn öðrum að virðingu og réttindum. Menn eru gæddir vitsmunum og samvizku, og ber þeim að breyta bróðurlega hverjum við annan.

     All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

   Mér ber að fara í stríð.

   It is my duty to go to war.

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• (carry): halda á
• (give birth): ala

From Old Norse bera, from Proto-Germanic *bazōną.

bera (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative beraði, supine berað)

1. to bare

bera

1. Rōmaji transcription of べら
2. Rōmaji transcription of ベラ

From Proto-North Sarawak [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀas.

bera

1. rice ((raw) seeds used as food)

Borrowed from Bengali ভেড়া (bheṛa).

• IPA^(key): /be˧.ra˩/

bera

1. sheep

• K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎^[1], Payap University, page 74

bēra

1. inflection of bērus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

bērā

1. ablative feminine singular of bērus

• “bera”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• bera in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “bera”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Root
b-r-j
1 term

Probably from Sicilian brillari.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.ra/

bera (imperfect jibri, past participle mibri, verbal noun biri)

1. to shine

Conjugation of bera
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	brejt	brejt	bera		brejna	brejtu	brew
	f			briet
imperfect	m	nibri	tibri	jibri		nibru	tibru	jibru
	f			tibri
imperative			ibri				ibru

• IPA^(key): /²bɛːra/, /²bɛr(ː)a/
• Hyphenation: bè‧ra

From Old Norse bera, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-. Akin to English bear.

• bere (e infinitive)
• bårå (dialectal)

bera (present tense ber, past tense bar, supine bore, past participle boren, present participle berande, imperative ber)

1. to carry, bear

   Kor langt skal eg bera dette?

   How far shall I carry this?

   Vil isen bera oss?

   Will the ice bear us?

• bene, benelde
• bær

bera f

1. definite singular of bere

• “bere” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *berô (“bear”). Cognate with Old Frisian *bera, Old Saxon bero, Old Dutch *bero, Old High German bero. The oblique stem *bern- gave Old Norse bjǫrn.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe.rɑ/

bera m

1. bear

• bere
• biren

• Middle English: bere, bier, beare, beore, bore
  • English: bear (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: beir

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲera/

bera

1. genitive singular/dual of bir (“spit”)

• bero

·bera

1. third-person singular present subjunctive conjunct of beirid

From Proto-Germanic *beraną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti (*bʰer- being the root). Compare Old English beran, Old Saxon beran, Old High German beran, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (bairan).

bera

2. to carry, to bear

• Icelandic: bera
• Faroese: bera
• Norn: bera
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bera
• Elfdalian: björo
• Old Swedish: bæra
  • Swedish: bära
• Old Danish: bæræ
  • Danish: bære
    • Norwegian Bokmål: bære

From Proto-Germanic *bazōną.

bera

2. to make bare

• Norwegian Nynorsk: berre

Somehow derived from Proto-Germanic *berô, whence also bjǫrn.

bera f (genitive beru)

2. female bear

   Synonym: birna

• Norwegian Nynorsk: bere f

bera

1. inflection of berr:
   1. positive degree strong feminine accusative singular
   2. positive degree strong masculine accusative plural
   3. positive degree weak masculine oblique singular
   4. positive degree weak feminine nominative singular
   5. positive degree weak neuter singular

• “bera1”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “bera2”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “bera3”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• bera in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “bera”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Borrowed from French beurré.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɛra
• Syllabification: be‧ra
• Homophone: Bera

bera f

1. butter pear (juicy, delicate-textured French variety of pear)

• bera in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bera in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• bera in PWN's encyclopedia