bero

See also: Bero and bēro

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beɾo/ [be.ɾo]

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• Rhymes: -eɾo
• 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
	inanim.	berotan	beroan	beroetan
locative	anim.	—	—	—
	inanim.	berotako	beroko	beroetako
allative	anim.	berorengana	beroarengana	beroengana
	inanim.	berotara	berora	beroetara
terminative	anim.	berorenganaino	beroarenganaino	beroenganaino
	inanim.	berotaraino	beroraino	beroetaraino
directive	anim.	berorenganantz	beroarenganantz	beroenganantz
	inanim.	berotarantz	berorantz	beroetarantz
destinative	anim.	berorenganako	beroarenganako	beroenganako
	inanim.	berotarako	berorako	beroetarako
ablative	anim.	berorengandik	beroarengandik	beroengandik
	inanim.	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, Euskaltzaindia
• “bero”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

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Etymology

From German Beere and English berry.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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

Noun

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

1. berry

Latin

Adjective

bērō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of bērus

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *berō, see also Old English bera, Old Norse bjǫrn.

Noun

bero m

1. bear

Descendants

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

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• bera

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲero/

Noun

bero

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

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
bero	bero pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbero
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	beroende
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• oberoende

Further reading

• bero in Svensk ordbok.