բերրի

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian բերրի (berri); see it for more.

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): [bɛˈɾːi]
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  • Hyphenation: բեր‧րի

Adjective

բերրի (berri) (superlative ամենաբերրի)

  1. fruitful, fertile

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-, whence բերեմ (berem).[1][2] The suffix -րի (-ri) could be from *-riyo-.[3] See also բերիւր (beriwr).

Adjective

բերրի (berri)

  1. fruitful, fertile

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • անբերրի (anberri)
  • քաջաբերրի (kʿaǰaberri)

Descendants

References

  1. Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 40–41
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), բերրի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), -րի”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʿneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʿ lezvi hamematakan kʿerakanutʿyan harcʿer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʿi, pages 5–48

Further reading

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), բերրի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), բերրի”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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