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briyar

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Ladino

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian brillare. Cognate with Spanish brillar.

Verb

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briyar (Hebrew spelling ברילייאר)[1]

  1. (intransitive) to glow (shine)
    la luna briyathe moon glows
    Synonyms: relumbrar, resplander, resplandeser
  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

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References

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  1. ^ briyar”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.