bír

See also: bir and Bir

Hungarian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbiːr]
  • Rhymes: -iːr

Verb

bír

  1. (transitive) to endure, to stand, to bear, to cope with something
    Synonyms: kibír, elvisel
    Nem bírja a nehéz munkát.He can't do hard work.
  2. (auxiliary with an infinitive, colloquial) to be able to do, to manage (to do) something
    Synonyms: tud, képes
    Nem bírom megoldani a feladatot.I am not able to solve the exercise.
  3. (intransitive) to be able to handle something (-val/-vel)
    Nem bírok ezzel a gyerekkel.I can't handle this kid.
  4. (intransitive, formal) to possess, to own, to bear something (-val/-vel)
    Synonyms: van, rendelkezik
    Ez nagy jelentőséggel bír.This bears great significance.
  5. (transitive) to persuade, to induce to do something (-ra/-re)
    Synonyms: rábír, rávesz, kényszerít
    Vallomásra bírták.They got him to confess.
  6. (transitive, colloquial) to like someone or something
    Synonyms: kedvel, szeret, (the latter is colloquial) csíp
    Nagyon bírom őket!I like them very much.
    • 1964, J. D. Salinger, “Zabhegyező”, in Judit Gyepes, transl., The Catcher in the Rye, Budapest: Európa Könyvkiadó, published 1998, →ISBN, page 7:
      Ámbár egész rendes lány. Egyszer mellette ültem a buszon Agerstownból jövet, és beszélgettünk. Bírtam a dumáját.
      She was a pretty nice girl, though. I sat next to her once in the bus from Agerstown and we sort of struck up a conversation. I liked her. (literally: “I liked her chatter.”)

Conjugation

Derived terms

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See also

  • Category:Hungarian auxiliary verbs

Further reading

  • bír in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • bír in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bʲiːɾʲ]

Verb

bír

  1. (Munster, otherwise archaic) second-person singular present indicative habitual of

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bír bhír mbír
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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