berit

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beɾit/ [be.ɾit̪]
• Rhymes: -eɾit
• Hyphenation: be‧rit

Verb

berit

1. Third-person singular (hura), taking first-person singular (niri) as indirect object, present imperative form of jariatu (“to flow”).

Etymology

From Hebrew בְּרִית (brit).

Noun

berit m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling ברית)

1. (Judaism) brit milah, bris

Further reading

• Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “berit”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC
• Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) “berít, berít milá”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, pages 87–88
• Elli Kohen & Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000) “berit milá”, in Ladino–English Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary, Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 65

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈriːt/

Verb

berīt

1. third-person singular present indicative of berīdan

Etymology

From ber- (“bunting”) +‎ -it (“bird morpheme”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [be.ˈɾit]

Noun

berit (nominative plural berits)

1. bunting (bird)