briyar

Ladino

Alternative forms

  • briliar / ברילייאר

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian brillare. Cognate with Spanish brillar.

Verb

briyar (Hebrew spelling ברילייאר)[1]

  1. (intransitive) to glow (shine)
    Synonyms: relumbrar, resplander, resplandeser
    la luna briya ― the moon glows
  2. (transitive) to shine (a light) on
    Coordinate terms: aluziar, arrelumbrar, iluminar, relumbrar, resplander, resplandeser
    • 2005, La Lettre Sépharade‎[1], numbers 20–31, →ISBN, page 20:
      Tu sos komo una estreya ke me briya
      Kuando veyo tu sonriza en triste diya
      You are like a star that shines on me when I see your smile on a sad day.
  3. (intransitive) to glitter; to sparkle
    • 2002, Gad Nassi, editor, En Tierras Ajenas Yo Me Vo Murir: Tekstos Kontemporanos en Djudeo-espaniol : Leyenda de Una Lingua - Haketia - Kuentos. Memorias - Meliselda - Oki Oki‎[2], Isis, →ISBN, page 317:
      Todo lo ke briya no es oro.
      All that glitters is not gold.
  4. (copulative, figurative, intransitive) to shine (excel)
    • 1995, Tiryaki: aylık gazete-dergi‎[3], numbers 8–9, Tiryaki, page 29:
      El estado aktual de estas tres eskolas deşa munço a dezear, la kuenta de los elevos es bastante limitada i en konsiguensa no briyan komo loke era en lo pasado.
      The current state of the these three schools leaves much to be desired; the pupils’ account is quite limited and consequently they don’t shine like they used to.

Conjugation

Ladino conjugation varies by dialect. The following table is a general overview.

Conjugation of briyar (regular ending in -ar)
Infinitive Simple briyar
Compound aver briyado
Gerund Simple briyando
Compound aviendo briyado
Present Participle briyante
Past Participle Singular Plural
Masculine briyado briyados
Femenine briyada briyadas
Person Singular Plural
First Second Third First Second Third
Indicative yo tu el/eya mozotros vozotros eyos/eyas
Present briyo briyas briya briyamos briyásh briyan
Imperfect briyava briyavas briyava briyávamos briyávash briyavan
Preterite briyí briyates briyó briyimos briyatesh briyaron
Future briyaré briyarás briyará briyaremos briyarésh
briyarásh1 		briyarán
Subjunctive yo tu el/eya mozotros vozotros eyos/eyas
Present briye briyes briye briyemos briyésh briyen
Imperfect briyara briyaras briyara briyáramos briyárash briyaran
Conditional yo tu el/eya mozotros vozotros eyos/eyas
— briyaría briyarías briyaría briyaríamos briyaríash briyarían
Imperative — tu — mozotros vozotros —
Affirmative briya briyemos briyá
briyad
Negative no briyes no briyemos no briyésh
  1. Future forms ending in -ash are more common in speech than in writing.
  • briyando
  • briyante
  • briyo

References

  1. ^ “briyar”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasury of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim
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