берәү

Bashkir

Etymology

From *birägü (“one of a group; somebody”), from Proto-Turkic *bīr (“one”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (birägü, “one of a group; someone”)[1]; Turkish birey, Kazakh біреу (bıreu), Kyrgyz бирөө (biröö, “one (of several); someone, something”), Southern Altai бирӱ (birü, “one (of several); one piece”), Karachay-Balkar биреу (birew, “somebody”), Kumyk бирев (birew, “somebody”), Uzbek birov (“one; someone”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [bɪ̞ˈræw]
  • Hyphenation: бе‧рәү

Numeral

берәү • (beräw)

  1. (collective numeral) one
    Беҙҙең ауылда мәктәп берәү генә.
    Beððeŋ awılda mäktäp beräw genä.
    There is just one school in our village.

Pronoun

берәү • (beräw)

  1. (indefinite pronoun) somebody, someone
    Берәү ишек туҡылдата.
    Beräw işek tuqıldata.
    Someone is knocking at the door.
    Үрге урамда берәү әсе итеп һыҙғырып ебәрҙе.
    Ürge uramda beräw äse itep hıðğırıp yebärðe.
    Somebody in the upper street gave an ear-splitting whistle.

Declension
Inflection of берәү (beräw)
singular plural
absolute берәү (beräw) берәүҙәр (beräwðär)
definite genitive берәүҙең (beräwðeŋ) берәүҙәрҙең (beräwðärðeŋ)
dative берәүгә (beräwgä) берәүҙәргә (beräwðärgä)
definite accusative берәүҙе (beräwðe) берәүҙәрҙе (beräwðärðe)
locative берәүҙә (beräwðä) берәүҙәрҙә (beräwðärðä)
ablative берәүҙән (beräwðän) берәүҙәрҙән (beräwðärðän)

References
  1. Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969) Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 101
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