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berja

berja

Faroese

Verb

berja (third person singular past indicative bardi, third person plural past indicative bardu, supine bart)

  1. to beat

Conjugation

See also


Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛrja/
    Rhymes: -ɛrja

Etymology 1

From Old Norse berja, from Proto-Germanic *barjaną (to beat, to strike).

Verb

berja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative barði, supine barið)

  1. to beat, to strike
Conjugation
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • berjast ("to fight")
  • berja á ("to thrash")
  • berja í gegn ("to force through")
  • berja niður ("to suppress, to beat down")
  • berja saman ("to cobble together")
  • berja sér ("to gripe, to complain")

Etymology 2

Inflected form of ber (berry).

Noun

berja n

  1. indefinite genitive plural of ber