бирӕ

Ossetian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From older *биурӕ (*biwræ), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *baywr̥.

Adverb

би́рӕ • (bíræ)

  1. (Iron dialect) many, much; very, too, too much; significantly
  2. (Iron dialect) long (of time)

Adjective

би́рӕ • (bíræ)

  1. (Iron dialect) sizeable, substantial, significant, numerous

Noun

би́рӕ • (bíræ)

  1. (Iron dialect) sizeable, substantial, significant, numerous
    бирӕ адӕм ― biræ adæm ― throng of people

References
  • Bigulajev, B. B.; Gagkajev, K. Je.; Kulajev, N. X.; Tuajeva, O. N. (1970), “бирæ”, in Kasajev A. M., editor, Osetinsko-russkij slovarʹ [Ossetian–Russian Dictionary], 3rd edition, Ordzhonikidze: Publishing House “Ir”
  • Abajev, V. I. (1958) Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ osetinskovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow, Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, page 262
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1887) Etymologie und Lautlehre der ossetischen Sprache (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 28
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