bero

See also: Bero and bēro

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beɾo/ [be.ɾo]

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• Rhymes: -eɾo, -o
• Hyphenation: be‧ro

Adjective

bero (comparative beroago, superlative beroen, excessive beroegi)

1. warm, calid
2. passionate
3. irritable

Declension

Declension of bero (adjective, ending in vowel)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		bero	beroa	beroak
ergative		berok	beroak	beroek
dative		berori	beroari	beroei
genitive		beroren	beroaren	beroen
comitative		berorekin	beroarekin	beroekin
causative		berorengatik	beroarengatik	beroengatik
benefactive		berorentzat	beroarentzat	beroentzat
instrumental		beroz	beroaz	beroez
inessive	anim	berorengan	beroarengan	beroengan
	inan	berotan	beroan	beroetan
locative	anim	—	—	—
	inan	berotako	beroko	beroetako
allative	anim	berorengana	beroarengana	beroengana
	inan	berotara	berora	beroetara
terminative	anim	berorenganaino	beroarenganaino	beroenganaino
	inan	berotaraino	beroraino	beroetaraino
directive	anim	berorenganantz	beroarenganantz	beroenganantz
	inan	berotarantz	berorantz	beroetarantz
destinative	anim	berorenganako	beroarenganako	beroenganako
	inan	berotarako	berorako	beroetarako
ablative	anim	berorengandik	beroarengandik	beroengandik
	inan	berotatik	berotik	beroetatik
partitive		berorik	—	—
prolative		berotzat	—	—

Adverb

bero (comparative beroago, superlative beroen, excessive beroegi)

1. warmly

Noun

bero inan

1. warmth, heat
2. (physics) heat
3. fever
4. (biology) heat, oestrus (a condition where a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate)

Declension

Declension of bero (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	bero	beroa	beroak
ergative	berok	beroak	beroek
dative	berori	beroari	beroei
genitive	beroren	beroaren	beroen
comitative	berorekin	beroarekin	beroekin
causative	berorengatik	beroarengatik	beroengatik
benefactive	berorentzat	beroarentzat	beroentzat
instrumental	beroz	beroaz	beroez
inessive	berotan	beroan	beroetan
locative	berotako	beroko	beroetako
allative	berotara	berora	beroetara
terminative	berotaraino	beroraino	beroetaraino
directive	berotarantz	berorantz	beroetarantz
destinative	berotarako	berorako	beroetarako
ablative	berotatik	berotik	beroetatik
partitive	berorik	—	—
prolative	berotzat	—	—

Antonyms

• hotz

Further reading

• “bero”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “bero”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Esperanto

Etymology

From German Beere and English berry.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• IPA^(key): [ˈbero]
• Rhymes: -ero
• Hyphenation: be‧ro

Noun

bero (accusative singular beron, plural beroj, accusative plural berojn)

1. berry

Japanese

Romanization

bero

1. Rōmaji transcription of べろ
2. Rōmaji transcription of ベロ

Latin

Adjective

bērō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of bērus

Old High German

Alternative forms

• pero

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *berō, from Proto-Germanic *berô. See also Old English bera, Old Norse bjǫrn.

Noun

bero m

1. bear

Declension

Declension of bero (masculine n-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	bero	beron, berun
accusative	beron, berun	beron, berun
genitive	beren, berin	berōno
dative	beren, berin	berōm, berōn

Derived terms

• berin
• berinwurz

Descendants

• Middle High German: bër, bere, per
  • Alemannic German: Bärr
  • Cimbrian: per
  • German: Bär
  • Rhine Franconian:
    • Hunsrik: Bäer
    • Luxembourgish: Bier
  • Vilamovian: baor
  • Yiddish: בער (ber)

References

• "bero" in Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch (6th edition 2014)

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• bera

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲero/

Noun

bero

1. genitive singular/dual of bir (“spit”)

Mutation

Mutation of bero

radical	lenition	nasalization
bero	bero pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbero

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Swedish

Etymology

From calque of German beruhen (older form also berugen) or Middle Low German *berouwen, equivalent to be- +‎ ro. Cognate with Danish bero and Norwegian Bokmål bero.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uː

Verb

bero (present beror, preterite berodde, supine berott, imperative bero)

1. to depend (upon)

   Hans hjärta var nu en gång stämt för hjälpsamhet, och dess frid berodde av medvetandet av att ha hjälpt den hjälpbehövande.

   His heart was once and for all tuned to helpfulness, and its peace depended on being conscious of having helped someone in need.

2. to be caused (by), to be explained (by)

   Den ofrivilliga pausen berodde på att datorn havererade

   The involuntary pause was caused by the computer's crashing.

3. to have an unknown (or unspecified) cause (if the reason is omitted)

   det beror på ― it depends

4. to be shelved, to be postponed, to be less important (lacking good reasons)

   Guvernören fann det vara en omöjlig uppgift att bygga en kanal här, så saken fick bero.

   The governor found it an impossible task to build a canal here, so the issue was shelved.

Conjugation

Conjugation of bero (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	bero		—
supine	berott		—
imperative	bero		—
imper. plural1	beron		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	beror	berodde	—	—
ind. plural1	bero	berodde	—	—
subjunctive2	bero	berodde	—	—
present participle		beroende
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• oberoende

Further reading

• bero in Svensk ordbok.