berek
See also: Berek and bérek
Basque
Determiner
berek
- ergative plural of bera
Adjective
berek
- ergative plural of bera
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbɛrɛk]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: be‧rek
- Rhymes: -ɛk
Noun
berek (plural berkek)
- (literary) grove
- Synonyms: csalit, liget
- marsh with groves
- Synonyms: ingovány, láp, mocsár, (approximately) zsombék
- (in the plural, also in compounds) circle (a specific group of persons; especially one who shares a common interest)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | berek | berkek |
| accusative | berket | berkeket |
| dative | bereknek | berkeknek |
| instrumental | berekkel | berkekkel |
| causal-final | berekért | berkekért |
| translative | berekké | berkekké |
| terminative | berekig | berkekig |
| essive-formal | berekként | berkekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | berekben | berkekben |
| superessive | berken | berkeken |
| adessive | bereknél | berkeknél |
| illative | berekbe | berkekbe |
| sublative | berekre | berkekre |
| allative | berekhez | berkekhez |
| elative | berekből | berkekből |
| delative | berekről | berkekről |
| ablative | berektől | berkektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | bereké | berkeké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | berekéi | berkekéi |
| Possessive forms of berek | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | berkem | berkeim |
| 2nd person sing. | berked | berkeid |
| 3rd person sing. | berke | berkei |
| 1st person plural | berkünk | berkeink |
| 2nd person plural | berketek | berkeitek |
| 3rd person plural | berkük | berkeik |
Further reading
- berek in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- berek in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)
Polish
Etymology
Uncertain. Some scholars claim it may be a form of a dialectal word berek which meant short, stocky, sturdy horse[1].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.rɛk/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛrɛk
- Syllabification: be‧rek
Noun
berek m anim
- tag (children's game)
- bawić się/grać w berka ― to play tag
- it (the person who must chase others in the game of tag)
- Jesteś berkiem! ― You're it!
Declension
Declension of berek
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | berek | berki |
| genitive | berka | berków |
| dative | berkowi | berkom |
| accusative | berka | berki |
| instrumental | berkiem | berkami |
| locative | berku | berkach |
| vocative | berku | berki |
References
- Berkowicz - Poradnia językowa PWN
Further reading
- berek in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- berek in Polish dictionaries at PWN