բերրի

Armenian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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 (kʻaǰaberri)

Descendants

  • Armenian: բերրի (berri)

References

  1. Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 40–41
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բերրի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-րի”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48

Further reading

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բերրի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բերրի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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