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Bera

Bera

See also: bera, béra, bēra, and bērā

Faroese

Proper noun

Bera f

  1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

  • son of Bera: Beruson
  • daughter of Bera: Berudóttir

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Bera
Accusative Beru
Dative Beru
Genitive Beru

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛːra/
    Rhymes: -ɛːra
    Homophone: bera

Proper noun

Bera f

  1. A female given name

Declension

bera

bera

See also: Bera, béra, bēra, and bērā

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpeːɹa/
  • Rhymes: -eːɹa
    Homophones: Bera

Etymology 1

From berur

Noun

bera f (genitive singular beru, plural berur)

  1. clearing
Declension
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
Synonyms

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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

  1. to bear, to carry
Conjugation

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛːra/
  • Rhymes: -ɛːra
    Homophones: Bera

Etymology 1

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

Verb

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.
Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms
  • (carry): halda á
  • (give birth): ala
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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

  1. to bare
Conjugation
berast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að berast
supine
(sagnbót) 		berast
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		berandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég berast við berumst present
(nútíð) 		ég berist við berumst
þú berast þið berist þú berist þið berist
hann, hún, það berast þeir, þær, þau berast hann, hún, það berist þeir, þær, þau berist
past
(þátíð) 		ég beraðist við beruðumst past
(þátíð) 		ég beraðist við beruðumst
þú beraðist þið beruðust þú beraðist þið beruðust
hann, hún, það beraðist þeir, þær, þau beruðust hann, hún, það beraðist þeir, þær, þau beruðust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		berast (þú) berist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
berastu beristi *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Kelabit

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀas.

Noun

bera

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

Latin

Adjective

bēra

  1. nominative feminine singular of bērus
  2. nominative neuter plural of bērus
  3. accusative neuter plural of bērus
  4. vocative feminine singular of bērus
  5. vocative neuter plural of bērus

bērā

  1. ablative feminine singular of bērus

References

  • 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, 1883–1887)
  • bera in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bera, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.

Alternative forms

  • bere (e infinitive)

Verb

bera ‎(present tense ber, past tense bar, past participle bore, passive infinitive bori, present participle berande, imperative ber)

  1. to carry, bear
    Kor langt skal eg bera dette?
    How far shall I carry this?
References

Etymology 2

Noun

bera f

  1. singular definite of bere

Old English

Noun

bera m

  1. bear

Declension

Descendants

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʲera/

Noun

bera

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

Alternative forms

Verb

·bera

  1. third-person singular present subjunctive conjunct of beirid

Mutation

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

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Verb

bera

  1. to carry, to bear

Conjugation

Conjugation of bera — mediopassive (strong class 4)
infinitive berask
present participle berandisk
past participle borizk
indicative present past
1st-person singular berumk bárumk
2nd-person singular bersk barzk
3rd-person singular bersk barsk
1st-person plural berumsk bárumsk
2nd-person plural berizk báruzk
3rd-person plural berask bárusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular berumk bærumk
2nd-person singular berisk bærisk
3rd-person singular berisk bærisk
1st-person plural berimsk bærimsk
2nd-person plural berizk bærizk
3rd-person plural berisk bærisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular bersk
1st-person plural berumsk
2nd-person plural berizk

Descendants

References

  • 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, 1883–1887)
  • bera in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *berô ‎(“bear”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‎(“brown animal”). Cognate with Old High German bero (German Bär), Middle Dutch bere (Dutch beer), Old Norse ber. The oblique stem *bern-, gave Old Norse bjǫrn (Swedish björn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈberɑ/

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