būrys

Lithuanian

Žąsų būrys (1) - Flock of geese
Būrys (2) - Platoon

Etymology

Cognate with Latvian bũris (“lot, mass, heap”), bũra. Possibly related to Sanskrit भूरि (bhūri, “abundant”), from *bʰuH- (“to become, grow, appear”).

Noun

būrỹs m (plural būriaĩ) stress pattern 4

  1. multitude of people, animals, or things
    Synonyms: minia (“crowd”), pulkas (“flock, crowd”), krūva (“heap”)
    būrys žmonių ― crowd of people
  2. (military) platoon, troop
    Coordinate terms: batalionas (“battalion”), skyrius (“squad”)
    pabūklų būrys ― gun platoon
    minosvaidžių būrys ― mortar platoon
  3. (taxonomy) order (for animals)
    Coordinate term: eilė (“order, for plants and fungi”)
    graužikų būrys ― the order of rodents
  4. (dialectal, weather) shower
    lietaus būrys ― rain shower
    sniego būrys ― snow shower

Declension

Further reading

  • “būrys”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • “būrys”, in Lietuvos Respublikos terminų bankas [Terminology bank of the Republic of Lithuania], VLKK, 2005–2024
  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “būrys”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 106
  • Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “būrỹs”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume I, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 66
  • “būrỹs” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 170 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).
  • “būrys”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
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