behr

See also: Behr and bəhr

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish beirid (“carries, bears, brings forth”).

Verb

behr (verbal noun brey, past participle behrt)

1. to bear (give birth to)

Synonyms

• rug
• ymmyrk

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
behr	vehr	mehr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Northern Kurdish

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

• behir, behre

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛhɾ/
• Hyphenation: behr

Noun

behr f (Arabic spelling بەھر)

1. portion, lot, part, share

   Synonyms: beş, pay, pişk

Declension

Declension of behr

Definite feminine gender
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	behr	behr
Construct	behra	behrên
Oblique	behrê	behran
Demonstrative oblique	wê behrê	wan behran
Vocative	behrê	behrino
Indefinite feminine gender
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	behrek	behrin
Construct	behreke	behrine
Oblique	behrekê	behrinan

Etymology 2

From Arabic بَحْر (baḥr, “sea”), from Proto-West Semitic *baḥr- (“sea”).

Alternative forms

• ber

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛhɾ/, /bɛħɾ/
• Hyphenation: behr

Noun

beḧr or behr f (Arabic spelling بەحر or بەھر)

1. sea, ocean

   Synonym: derya

Declension

Declension of behr

Definite feminine gender
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	behr	behr
Construct	behra	behrên
Oblique	behrê	behran
Demonstrative oblique	wê behrê	wan behran
Vocative	behrê	behrino
Indefinite feminine gender
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	behrek	behrin
Construct	behreke	behrine
Oblique	behrekê	behrinan

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “behr I”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 39
• Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “behr II”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 39
• Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “beḧr”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 39