бэрэ

See also: бере

Adyghe

Etymology

Trubetzkoy, incorrectly citing the Adyghe form as beurə, derives it from Ossetian; compare Digor Ossetian берӕ (beræ), беурӕ (bewræ).

On the other hand, Shagirov derives from бэ (, much, a lot) + -рэ (-rɛ, adverbial suffix) but remarks that the Iranian (Ossetian) origin of бэ () in principle cannot be excluded: the ending -рӕ (-ræ) of the Ossetian word may have been interpreted as the Adyghe adverbial suffix.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bara]

Adverb

бэрэ • (bɛrɛ)

  1. many times, a lot
    Кӏалэр бэрэ сиунэ къакӏо — The boy is coming to my house a lot.
    Бэрэ тхылъхэмэ саджэ — I read the books many times.
  2. long time
    Бэрэ сиунэ укъэкӏожьыгъэпlong time you didn't come to my house.

See also

References

  • Abajev, V. I. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 262
  • Trubetzkoy, Nikolai (1921) “Remarques sur quelques mots iraniens empruntés par les langues du Caucase septentrional”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume 22, number 5, page 249
  • Шагиров, А. К. (1977) “бэ”, in К. В. Ломтатидзе, editor, Этимологический словарь адыгских (черкесских) языков [Etymological Dictionary of Adyghean (Circassian) Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Nauka, pages 70–71
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