berri
See also: Berri
Basque
Alternative forms
- barri (Biscayan)
Etymology
From Proto-Basque *beŕi, cognate with Aquitanian *berri.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beri/, [be̞.ri]
Noun
berri inan
- news
Declension
| Declension of berri (inanimate, ending in vowel) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
| absolutive | berri | berria | berriak |
| ergative | berrik | berriak | berriek |
| dative | berriri | berriari | berriei |
| genitive | berriren | berriaren | berrien |
| comitative | berrirekin | berriarekin | berriekin |
| causative | berrirengatik | berriarengatik | berriengatik |
| benefactive | berrirentzat | berriarentzat | berrientzat |
| instrumental | berriz | berriaz | berriez |
| inessive | berritan | berrian | berrietan |
| locative | berritako | berriko | berrietako |
| allative | berritara | berrira | berrietara |
| terminative | berritaraino | berriraino | berrietaraino |
| directive | berritarantz | berrirantz | berrietarantz |
| destinative | berritarako | berrirako | berrietarako |
| ablative | berritatik | berritik | berrietatik |
| partitive | berririk | — | — |
| prolative | berritzat | — | — |
Adjective
berri (comparative berriago, superlative berrien, excessive berriegi)
- new
- Antonym: zahar
Declension
| Declension of berri (adjective, ending in vowel) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | singular | plural | ||
| absolutive | berri | berria | berriak | |
| ergative | berrik | berriak | berriek | |
| dative | berriri | berriari | berriei | |
| genitive | berriren | berriaren | berrien | |
| comitative | berrirekin | berriarekin | berriekin | |
| causative | berrirengatik | berriarengatik | berriengatik | |
| benefactive | berrirentzat | berriarentzat | berrientzat | |
| instrumental | berriz | berriaz | berriez | |
| inessive | anim. | berrirengan | berriarengan | berriengan |
| inanim. | berritan | berrian | berrietan | |
| locative | anim. | — | — | — |
| inanim. | berritako | berriko | berrietako | |
| allative | anim. | berrirengana | berriarengana | berriengana |
| inanim. | berritara | berrira | berrietara | |
| terminative | anim. | berrirenganaino | berriarenganaino | berrienganaino |
| inanim. | berritaraino | berriraino | berrietaraino | |
| directive | anim. | berrirenganantz | berriarenganantz | berrienganantz |
| inanim. | berritarantz | berrirantz | berrietarantz | |
| destinative | anim. | berrirenganako | berriarenganako | berrienganako |
| inanim. | berritarako | berrirako | berrietarako | |
| ablative | anim. | berrirengandik | berriarengandik | berriengandik |
| inanim. | berritatik | berritik | berrietatik | |
| partitive | berririk | — | — | |
| prolative | berritzat | — | — | |
Further reading
- "berri" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
- “berri” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
Old Norse
Adjective
berri
- positive degree strong feminine dative singular of berr
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish بری, from Arabic بَرِّيّ (barriyy).
Adjective
berri
- (obsolete) terrestrial
- (obsolete) wild, uncultivated
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “بری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 360
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN