birr
birr · birrs
Strength, vigor, energyStrength, vigor, energy.
UK/bɜː/US/bɝ/
» It is from two to ten birrs a week.
Значення
значень: 5(Шотландія)Strength, vigor, energy.
(Шотландія)The force of movement; rush, impetus, momentum, driving force.
(Шотландія)A whirring noise.
(Шотландія)A strong trilling.
The currency of Ethiopia, divided into 100 santims.
Приклади
речень: 1It is from two to ten birrs a week.
Переклади
мов: 1Походження
From Middle English bir (“favorable or strong wind”), from Old English byre (“strong wind,From Middle English bir (“favorable or strong wind”), from Old English byre (“strong wind, storm”); cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk bør, Icelandic byrr (“sailing winds”), Albanian borë (“snow”), and Polish burza (“storm, thunderstorm”).
Borrowed from Amharic ብር (bər, “silver”).
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