berja

== Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse berja, from Proto-Germanic *barjaną (“to beat, to strike”). === Verb === berja (third person singular past indicative bardi, third person plural past indicative bardu, supine bart) to beat ==== Conjugation ==== === See also === sláa banka buka == Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɛrja/ Rhymes: -ɛrja === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse berja, from Proto-Germanic *barjaną (“to beat, to strike”). ==== Verb ==== berja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative barði, supine barið) to beat, to strike Synonyms: slá, lumbra, lemja ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Inflected form of ber (“berry”). ==== Noun ==== berja n indefinite genitive plural of ber == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === berje === Etymology === From Old Norse berja. === Verb === berja (present tense ber, past tense barde, past participle bart, passive infinitive berjast, present participle berjande, imperative ber) (transitive) to beat (transitive) to throw rocks at (transitive) to thresh === Noun === berja f (definite singular berja, indefinite plural berjer or berjor, definite plural berjene or berjone) definite singular of berje (pre-2012) alternative form of berje === References === “berja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Norse == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Germanic *barjaną. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“to pierce, strike”). ==== Verb ==== berja (past indicative barði, past participle bariðr or barðr) to beat to fight ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Alternative forms ===== ᛒᛆᚱᚦᛁ (barþi) — third singular past indicative – M 2 ᛒᛅᚱᚦᚢᛋᚴ (barþusk) — mediopassive third plural past indicative – DR 66 ===== Descendants ===== Icelandic: berja Faroese: berja Norwegian Nynorsk: berja, berje Old Swedish: bæria Swedish: bärja Old Danish: bærje Danish: bære === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== berja indefinite genitive plural of ber (“berry”) === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “berja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive