bifer

Latin

Etymology

bi- +‎ -fer

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.fer/, [ˈbɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.fer/, [ˈbiːfer]

Adjective

bifer (feminine bifera, neuter biferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. flowering or fruiting twice each year

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	bifer	bifera	biferum		biferī	biferae	bifera
genitive	biferī	biferae	biferī		biferōrum	biferārum	biferōrum
dative	biferō	biferae	biferō		biferīs
accusative	biferum	biferam	biferum		biferōs	biferās	bifera
ablative	biferō	biferā	biferō		biferīs
vocative	bifer	bifera	biferum		biferī	biferae	bifera

Descendants

• Galician: breva, bévera, bévora
• Sicilian: bìfiru
• Spanish: breva
• → Arabic: بَيْثَر (bayṯar)
  • Libyan Arabic: بيثر (bīṯar)
  • Maltese: bajtar
  • Tunisian Arabic: بيثر (bīṯar), بيفر (bīfar)

References

• “bifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “bifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• bifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.