бера

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic бьрати (bĭrati).

• IPA^(key): [bɛˈrɤ]

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• Rhymes: -rɤ
• Syllabification^(key): бе‧ра

бера́ • (berá) first-singular present indicative, impf

1. (transitive) to pick, to take, to gather
2. (transitive) to collect, to reap, to garner (e.g. harvest, provisions, resources, information)
3. (transitive) to (start to) feel, to muster (+ emotion, feeling)

   брах страх ― brah strah ― I became frightened (literally, “I started to feel fear”)

   Не бери грижи/ядове!

   Ne beri griži/jadove!

   Don't worry!

   (literally, “Don't muster troubles!”)

4. (reflexive with се, rare) to accumulate, to congregate

   бере се гной

   bere se gnoj

   pus is accumulating

• бер (ber, “harvest”) (mainly in compounds)
  • гроздобе́р (grozdobér, “grape harvesting”)
  • розобе́р (rozobér, “rose harvesting”)
  • цветобе́р (cvetobér, “flower harvesting”)

• “бера”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “бера”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бера”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 42

• Nayden Gerov (1895), “бе́рѫ, -ешь; бралъ (бе́рвамь и би́рамь)”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 39
• “бьрати”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2026

Borrowed from Romanian bere.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛrɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɛrɐ
• Syllabification^(key): бе‧ра

бе́ра • (béra) f

1. (Ruse) alternative form of би́ра (bíra, “beer”)

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бе́ра”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 44

• баре (bare), рабе (rabe)

• берда (berda) — Aukh
• бари (bari) — Cheberloi
• берхӏ (berh) — Itum-Qalle, Kist

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *barli. Cognates include Ingush берда (berda).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbera/

бера • (bera) class bd

1. wheel, turbine, millwheel, propeller
2. wire whip
3. real estate tax, rent (for land)

• Matsiev, Akhmat G. (1961), Чеченско-русский словарь / Нохчийн-оьрсийн словарь [Chechen-Russian dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: State Publishing House of Foreign and Ethnicity Dictionaries, page 57
• Aliroev, Ibragim Ju. (1975), Сравнительно-сопоставительный словарь отраслевой лексики чеченского и ингушского языков и диалектов [Comparative-Contrastive Dictionary of the Branch Lexicon of the Chechen and Ingush Languages and Dialects] (in Russian), Makhachkala: Chechen-Ingush Book Publishing House, page 229
• Pareulidze, Rostom (2003), “бера”, in Нохчийн-гуьржийн дошам, Tbilisi: Kartuli ena, page 27b
• Nichols, Johanna; Vagapov, Arbi (2004), “бера”, in Chechen–English and English–Chechen Dictionary, London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon, page 57a

• IPA^(key): /bɛˈɾa/

бера́ • (berá)

1. brown (color)

• Magomedov, Magomed; Gasanova, Uzlipat (2025), “бера”, in Kaitag Dictionary‎^[1]