бір

Inherited from Kipchak [Term?] (“one”), from Proto-Turkic *bīr (“one”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰋𐰃𐰼 (b²ir² /⁠bīr⁠/), Khakas пір (pìr), Turkish bir, etc.

• IPA^(key): /bɘr/

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• Hyphenation: бір

бір • (bır)

1. one

Inherited from Old Ruthenian боръ m (bor), буръ m (bur), from Proto-Slavic *bȍrъ m, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *barús m, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰor- (“coniferous forest”).

Cognate with Belarusian бор m (bor), Polish bór m, Bulgarian бор m (bor), etc.

• IPA^(key): [bʲir]

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бір • (bir) m inan (genitive бо́ру, nominative plural бори́, genitive plural борі́в, relational adjective борови́й)

1. pinewood, pine forest, coniferous forest

• Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “бір”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “бір”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “бір”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “бір”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)