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bjerr

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Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *ber-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (to bear, carry). Cognate to Lithuanian ber̃ti (to strew).[1]

Verb

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bjerr (aorist bora, participle bjerrë)

  1. (transitive) to lose, forfeit

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 104

Further reading

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  • bjerr”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[2], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “bjerr”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary