eper

See also: epër

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /eper/, [e̞.pe̞r]

Noun

eper anim

1. partridge

Declension

Declension of eper (animate, ending in -r)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	eper	eperra	eperrak
ergative	eperrek	eperrak	eperrek
dative	eperri	eperrari	eperrei
genitive	eperren	eperraren	eperren
comitative	eperrekin	eperrarekin	eperrekin
causative	eperrengatik	eperrarengatik	eperrengatik
benefactive	eperrentzat	eperrarentzat	eperrentzat
instrumental	eperrez	eperraz	eperrez
inessive	eperrengan	eperrarengan	eperrengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	eperrengana	eperrarengana	eperrengana
terminative	eperrenganaino	eperrarenganaino	eperrenganaino
directive	eperrenganantz	eperrarenganantz	eperrenganantz
destinative	eperrenganako	eperrarenganako	eperrenganako
ablative	eperrengandik	eperrarengandik	eperrengandik
partitive	eperrik	—	—
prolative	epertzat	—	—

Further reading

• “eper”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “eper”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Danish

Noun

eper

1. indefinite plural of epos

Hungarian

eper

Etymology

From *eperyə (-y- preserved in dialectal epërj, and in eperjes ‘strawberry patch’), from *eperɣə, from Proto-Ugric *äppärĕ-kə (“strawberry”), from Proto-Finno-Ugric *äppɜ-rɜ-kɜ. Cognates include Western Mansi ӓпрӓ (äprä) (Lower Lozva), [script needed] (ǟpėrėχ) (Pelym) and Southern Mansi [script needed] (äpriˈjėχ) (Tavda)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛpɛr]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: eper
• Rhymes: -ɛr

Noun

eper (plural eprek)

1. (in common parlance, although unofficially) strawberry (on the ground)

   Synonyms: földi eper, szamóca

2. (in the strict, technical sense) mulberry (on a tree)

   Synonym: faeper

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	eper	eprek
accusative	epret	epreket
dative	epernek	epreknek
instrumental	eperrel	eprekkel
causal-final	eperért	eprekért
translative	eperré	eprekké
terminative	eperig	eprekig
essive-formal	eperként	eprekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	eperben	eprekben
superessive	epren	epreken
adessive	epernél	epreknél
illative	eperbe	eprekbe
sublative	eperre	eprekre
allative	eperhez	eprekhez
elative	eperből	eprekből
delative	eperről	eprekről
ablative	epertől	eprektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	eperé	epreké
non-attributive possessive – plural	eperéi	eprekéi

Possessive forms of eper

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	eprem	epreim
2nd person sing.	epred	epreid
3rd person sing.	epre	eprei
1st person plural	eprünk	epreink
2nd person plural	epretek	epreitek
3rd person plural	eprük	epreik

Derived terms

• epres
• eprezik

(Compound words):

• eperfa
• eperfagylalt (eperfagyi)
• faeper
• narancseper

Further reading

• eper in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• eper in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Old Irish

Verb

·eper

1. first-person singular present subjunctive prototonic of as·beir
2. Alternative form of ·epir

Related terms

• as·ber (first-person singular present subjunctive deuterotonic)

Mutation

Mutation of eper

radical	lenition	nasalization
·eper (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	·n-eper

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.