берәү

Bashkir

Etymology

From *birägü (“one of a group; somebody”), from Proto-Turkic *bīr (“one”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (birägü, “one of a group; someone”);[1] Turkish birey, Kazakh біреу (bıreu), Kyrgyz бирөө (biröö, “one (of several); someone, something”), Southern Altai бирӱ (birü, “one (of several); one piece”), Karachay-Balkar биреу (birew, “somebody”), Kumyk бирев (birew, “somebody”), Uzbek birov (“one; someone”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [bɪ̞ˈræw]
  • Hyphenation: бе‧рәү

Numeral

берәү • (berəw)

  1. (collective numeral) one
    Беҙҙең ауылда мәктәп берәү генә.
    Beźźeñ awılda məktəp berəw genə.
    There is just one school in our village.

Pronoun

берәү • (berəw)

  1. (indefinite pronoun) somebody, someone
    Берәү ишек туҡылдата.
    Berəw işek tuqıldata.
    Someone is knocking at the door.
    Үрге урамда берәү әсе итеп һыҙғырып ебәрҙе.
    Ürge uramda berəw əse itep hıźğırıp yebərźe.
    Somebody in the upper street gave an ear-splitting whistle.

Declension
Declension of берәү (berəw)
singular plural
absolute берәү (berəw) берәүҙәр (berəwźər)
definite genitive берәүҙең (berəwźeñ) берәүҙәрҙең (berəwźərźeñ)
dative берәүгә (berəwgə) берәүҙәргә (berəwźərgə)
definite accusative берәүҙе (berəwźe) берәүҙәрҙе (berəwźərźe)
locative берәүҙә (berəwźə) берәүҙәрҙә (berəwźərźə)
ablative берәүҙән (berəwźən) берәүҙәрҙән (berəwźərźən)

References
  1. Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 101
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