bir

• IPA^(key): /ˈbir/ [ˈbɪɾ]
• Hyphenation: bir

bír

1. last night

bír m 

1. last night

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “bir”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 37
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

From Proto-Albanian *bira, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (compare Old English byre, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂 (baur, “son”)).^[1] Phonetically and semantically close to Messapic *bilia (“daughter”) and *biles (“son”), Matzinger reconstructs two different stems: pre-Albanian *bʰi-ro- and pre-Messapic *bʰi-lo-, both from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to grow, become”); compare Ancient Greek φῦλον (phûlon, “race, tribe”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

• IPA^(key): /biɾ/

bir m (plural bij, definite biri, definite plural bijtë)

1. son

From Old Anatolian Turkish بر (bir), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *bīr.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [bir]

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bir

1. one

Borrowed from English beer.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiɾ/ [ˈbiɾ]

bir

1. beer

   Synonym: serbesa

From Middle High German bier, from Old High German bior, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą (“beer”). Cognate with German Bier, English beer. Doublet of bira.

bir n

1. (Luserna) beer

• “bir” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

From Proto-Turkic *bīr (“one”).

bir

1. one

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[3], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

From Proto-Turkic *bīr (“one”).

bir

1. the indefinite article, a, an

bir

1. one

Borrowed from English beer.

• IPA^(key): /bir/

bir

1. beer

From Proto-Turkic *bīr.

bir

1. one

Borrowed from Dutch bier.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɪr]

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• Hyphenation: bir

bir (first-person possessive birku, second-person possessive birmu, third-person possessive birnya)

1. beer

• “bir” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

bir

1. Romanization of ꦧꦶꦂ

From Proto-Afroasiatic *bir- (“to burn brightly”)

bir

1. lighting

• Ehret, Christopher (1995), Reconstructing Proto-Afroasiatic, →ISBN, page 86

bir

1. one

1. dnathan.com

Borrowed from Dutch bier.

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /be(r)/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /bɪ(r)/
• Rhymes: -be(r), -e(r)

bir (Jawi spelling بير, informal 1st possessive birku, 2nd possessive birmu, 3rd possessive birnya)

1. beer

   Synonym: arak

From Arabic بِئْر (biʔr).

• IPA^(key): /biːr/
• Rhymes: -iːr

bir m (plural bjar or birien, diminutive bwejra)

1. well
   • 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Pjazza”, in Fl-Arena:

     Kulħadd jimxi, kollox lajma,
     jirkeb biss xi sinjur kbir:
     bini l-għatx u tawni nixrob
     minn ġos-satal fuq il-bir.
     

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• bire, bur, byre

From Old English byre (“strong wind, storm”).

bir (plural birs)

1. A strong or favorable wind.
   • c. 1540, Destruction of Troy:

     Were blouen to þe brode se in a bir swithe.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. An armed assault or sally; a clash or encounter; a blow or stroke; an attack or affliction.
   • c. 1540, Destruction of Troy:

     A ᵹonge knight..suet to þe Duke With a bir on þe brest, þat backeward he ᵹode.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. Violence; strength; fury.
   • c. 1400, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight:

     With alle þe bur in his body he ber hit on lofte.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

4. An onrush, swiftness.
   • 1425, Wycliffe Bible, Judges 5:22:

     Enemyes fledden with bire.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

5. A charge on an account.
   • 1415, Account Rolls of the Abbey of Durham:

     Item in l bir de debito versus Rad'm Forster, 13 d.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• English: birr

• “bir(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

• bire, pir

Inherited from Old High German bira, from Vulgar Latin pira, plural of Latin pirum.

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈbir/

bir f

1. pear

• Alemannic German: Biire
• Bavarian: Birn
• German: Birne
  • → Estonian: pirn
  • → Kashubian: birna
• Hunsrik: Bern
• Luxembourgish: Bir
• Vilamovian: biyn
• Yiddish: באַר (bar)

From Proto-Celtic *beru.

• biur

• IPA^(key): [bʲir]

bir n (genitive bero or bera, nominative plural beura)^[1]

1. stake, spit, point; spear, spike
   • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 67^b11

     beura glosses sudes (“stake”)

• Irish: bior
• Scottish Gaelic: bior

From Proto-Celtic *beru, *beruro- (“spring, well”), said by Matasović to likely be related to *brutus (“fermentation, boiling heat”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-.^[2]

• IPA^(key): [bʲir]

bir (gender unknown, genitive unattested, nominative plural beru)^[3]

1. water, spring, well
   • c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 158

     bir .i. uisce ... biror ⁊ inbir ⁊ tobur

     spring i.e. water ... watercress and rivermouth and well

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): [bʲirʲ]

·bir

1. second-person singular present indicative conjunct of beirid

Borrowed from Hungarian bér.

bir n (plural biruri)

1. tribute
2. tax

From Proto-Turkic *bīr.

• (Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): /pir/, /piɹ/
• (Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): /pəɹ/
• (Chahandusi, Ejia, Daowei, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): /per/, /peɹ/

bir

1. one

• 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “bir”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎^[4], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 14
• Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “bir”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, pages 302, 444
• 马伟 [Ma Wei], 朝克 [Chao Ke] (2014) “bir”, in 撒拉语366条会话读本 [Salar 366 Conversation Reader]‎^[5], 1^st edition, 社会科学文献出版社 [Social Science Literature Press], →ISBN, page 115
• 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “bir”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 296

• IPA^(key): /piɾʲ/

bir

1. onomatopoeic alarm noise of a gannet when attacked at night

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “bir”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[6], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

bir

1. Romanization of 𒄵 (bir)

Borrowed from English beer.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbiɾ/ [ˈbiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: bir

bir (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ᜔)

1. (colloquial) beer

   Synonym: (dated or formal) serbesa

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بر (bir, “one”), from Old Anatolian Turkish بر (bir, “one”), from Proto-Turkic *bīr (“one”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰋𐰃𐰼 (b²ir² /⁠bir⁠/).

• Standard:
  • IPA^(key): (all meanings) /bir/, [biɾ̞̊]
• Colloquial:
  • IPA^(key): (determiner and pronoun) /bɪ/, [bɪ]
  • IPA^(key): (adjective) /bɪr/, [bɪr]

• Audio:

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bir

1. one

bir

1. one

bir

1. only, solely, merely

bir

1. a, an

   Synonyms: (colloquial) bi', bi

bir

1. some

bir (definite accusative biri, plural birler)

1. mono
2. single

• bir in Reverso (Turkish-English)

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bīr (“one”).^[1] Azerbaijani bir, Turkish bir.

• IPA^(key): /bɪɾ/
• Hyphenation: bir

bir^[2]

1. one

Inherited from Chagatai بر (bir /⁠bir⁠/, “one”), from Proto-Turkic *bīr (“one”). Cognate with Uyghur بىر / bir / бир; Turkmen bir, Azerbaijani بیر / бир / bir, Turkish bir; Old Uyghur 𐽼𐽶𐽾 (pyr /⁠bir⁠/), Old Turkic 𐰋𐰃𐰼 (b²ir² /⁠bir⁠/); Yakut биир (biir), Dolgan биир (biir); etc.

• IPA^(key): /bɪr/, [bɪ̈r]
• Hyphenation: bir

bir

1. one

• bil (an older term (now obsolete) for "beer", the word bil now means "bile" in reformed Volapük)

Reformed in the 1920s from bil, to make it more like its etymons.

• IPA^(key): /bir/, [biɾ]

bir (nominative plural birs)

1. beer