Blackberries on a bush
From Middle English blakberie , blakeberie ( “ brambleberry ” ) , from Old English blacu berġe , blæcberġe (attested in plural blaca berġan , equivalent to black + berry .
blackberry (plural blackberries )
A fruit -bearing shrub of the aggregate species Rubus fruticosus and some hybrids.
Synonyms: bramble , brambleberry
The soft fruit borne by this shrub, formed of a black (when ripe) cluster of drupelets .
Synonyms: bramble , brambleberry
( UK , dialectal ) The blackcurrant .
shrub
Abenaki: pezagwdamenakwam
Arabic: عُلَّيْق m ( ʕullayq ) ( same word as for raspberry ) , بَاطُس m ( bāṭus ) ( Medieval, rare )
Aramaic:
Christian Palestinian Aramaic: ܣܢܝܐ ( sanyā ) , absolute state like in Syriac but not attested
Classical Syriac: ܣܢܝܐ ( sanyā ) , absolute state ܣܢܐ ( sne ) ; ܦܛܠ ( pṭal ) ( indeclinable ) ( neither means blackberry reliably but also thornbush, bramble. briar )
Imperial Aramaic: 𐡎𐡍𐡉𐡀 ( snyʾ )
Jewish Aramaic: סַנְיָא ( sanyā ) , absolute state סְנֶה ( sne ) ; פטל ( *pṭal ) ( indeclinable ) ( neither means blackberry reliably but also thornbush, bramble. briar )
Armenian: մոշենի (hy) ( mošeni )
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܗܲܠܘܲܙܢܵܐ m ( hālwāzna )
Asturian: artu m
Bashkir: бөрлөгән ( börlögən ) , ҡара бөрлөгән ( qara börlögən )
Basque: masustondo , lapar
Belarusian: ажы́на f ( ažýna )
Bulgarian: къпина (bg) f ( kǎpina )
Catalan: esbarzer (ca) m
Cherokee: ᎧᏄᎦᎸ ( kanugalv )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 黑莓 (zh) ( hēiméi )
Coptic: ⲃⲁⲧⲟⲥ m ( batos )
Cree: ᑲᐢᑭᑌᒥᓈᐦᑎᐠ ( kaskiteminaahtik )
Crimean Tatar:
Crimean Latin: büldürgen , bürlegen
Romanian Latin: búldúrgen , búrlegen
Czech: ostružiník (cs)
Danish: brombær (da) n
Dutch: braamstruik (nl) m , braam (nl) m or f
Esperanto: rubusujo (eo)
Estonian: põldmurakas (et)
Faroese: rossaber n , reyðber n
Finnish: karhunvatukka (fi) , vatukka (fi)
French: ronce (fr) f , roncier (fr) m , mûrier (fr) m ,
Galician: silva f , silveira (gl) f , xibarda (gl) f , rubo m
Ge'ez: ባጦስ ( baṭos ) , ጳጦስ ( p̣aṭos ) , ጰጦስ ( p̣äṭos )
Georgian: მაყვალი ( maq̇vali )
German: Brombeerstrauch (de) m
Greek: βατομουριά (el) f ( vatomouriá )
Ancient: βάτος f ( bátos ) , μόρον n ( móron )
Hungarian: szeder (hu) , földi szeder
Icelandic: brómber (is) n , bjarnarber n
Italian: rovo (it) m
Kikuyu: mũtare class 3 , ndare class 9 /10
Korean: 검은딸기 ( geomeunttalgi )
Kumyk: бюлдюрген ( büldürgen ) , бюрюлген ( bürülgen ) , бюрлюген ( bürlügen )
Latin: rubus m , batus m
Latvian: kazene (lv) f
Macedonian: капина f ( kapina )
Maori: parakipere
Nogai: буьлдирген ( büldirgen ) , боьлдирген ( böldirgen )
Norman: ronche f ( Jersey )
Norwegian: bjørnebær (no) n
Ojibwe: odatagaagominagaawanzh
Old English: brǣmel m
Pennsylvania German: Blaeckbeer
Polish: jeżyna (pl) f , ożyna (pl) f , ostrężyna (pl) f
Portuguese: amoreira (pt) f , sarça (pt) f
Romanian: mur (ro) m
Russian: ежеви́ка (ru) f ( ježevíka )
Scottish Gaelic: dris f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: купина f
Roman: kupina (sh) f
Sicilian: ruvettu (scn) m
Slovene: robída f
Spanish: zarza (es) f , zarzamora (es) f , mora (es) f
Swedish: björnbär (sv) n
Tagalog: sapinit , sarsamora
Tatar:
Cyrillic: кара бөрлегән (tt) ( qara börlegän )
Latin: qara börlegän
Turkish: böğürtlen (tr)
Ukrainian: ожи́на (uk) f ( ožýna )
Unami: hmuwinkwsakw
Welsh: mieri f pl
fruit
Abenaki: pezagwdamen
Afrikaans: braam (af)
Albanian: manaferrë (sq) f , ferrëmanzë (sq) f
Arabic: تُوت العُلَّيْق m ( tūt al-ʕullayq ) ( same word as for a raspberry ) , بَاطُس m ( bāṭus ) ( Medieval, rare )
Aramaic:
Christian Palestinian Aramaic: ܣܢܝܐ ( sanyā ) , absolute state like in Syriac but not attested
Classical Syriac: ܣܢܝܐ ( sanyā ) , absolute state ܣܢܐ ( sne ) ; ܦܛܠ ( pṭal ) ( indeclinable ) ( neither means blackberry reliably but also thornbush, bramble. briar )
Imperial Aramaic: 𐡎𐡍𐡉𐡀 ( snyʾ )
Jewish Aramaic: סַנְיָא ( sanyā ) , absolute state סְנֶה ( sne ) ; פטל ( *pṭal ) ( indeclinable ) ( neither means blackberry reliably but also thornbush, bramble. briar )
Armenian: մոշ (hy) ( moš ) , մոր (hy) ( mor )
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܗܲܠܘܲܙܢܵܐ m ( hālwāzna )
Azerbaijani: böyürtkən (az)
Bashkir: бөрлөгән ( börlögən ) , ( more specifically ) ҡара бөрлөгән ( qara börlögən )
Basque: masusta (eu)
Belarusian: ажы́на f ( ažýna )
Bengali: কালজামজাতীয় ফল ( kalojamjatiẏo phol )
Bulgarian: къпина (bg) f ( kǎpina )
Catalan: móra (ca) f
Cherokee: ᎧᏄᎦᎸ ( kanugalv )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 黑莓 ( hak1 mui4-2 )
Mandarin: 黑莓 (zh) ( hēiméi )
Coptic: ⲃⲁⲧⲟⲥ m ( batos )
Cornish: moren dhu f
Cree: ᑲᐢᑭᑌᒥᐣ ( kaskitemin )
Crimean Tatar:
Crimean Latin: büldürgen , bürlegen
Romanian Latin: búldúrgen , búrlegen
Czech: ostružina (cs) f
Danish: brombær (da) n
Dutch: braam (nl) m or f , braambes (nl) m or f
Esperanto: rubusbero (eo)
Estonian: põldmurakas (et)
Faroese: bromber n
Finnish: karhunvatukka (fi)
French: mûre (fr) f , mûre sauvage f
Galician: amora (gl) f , morodo m , crolla f
Ge'ez: ባጦስ ( baṭos ) , ጳጦስ ( p̣aṭos ) , ጰጦስ ( p̣äṭos )
Georgian: მაყვალი ( maq̇vali )
German: Brombeere (de) f
Greek: βατόμουρο (el) n ( vatómouro )
Ancient: βάτον n ( báton )
Greenlandic: kigutaarnaasaq
Haitian Creole: mi
Halkomelem: skw'ṓlmexw
Hebrew: פֶּטֶל שָׁחֹר m ( pétel shakhór )
Hindi: शहतूत (hi) ( śahtūt )
Hungarian: szeder (hu) , vadszeder (hu)
Icelandic: brómber (is) n
Ido: moruso (io)
Irish: sméar dhubh f
Italian: mora (it) f , mora di rovo (it) f
Japanese: ブラックベリー ( burakkuberī )
Korean: 블랙베리 (ko) ( beullaekberi )
Kumyk: бюлдюрген ( büldürgen ) , бюрюлген ( bürülgen ) , бюрлюген ( bürlügen )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: tûdirik f
Kyrgyz: кара бүлдүркөн (ky) ( kara büldürkön )
Latin: mōrum (la) n , rubus m
Latvian: kazene (lv) f
Lithuanian: gervuogė (lt) f
Luxembourgish: Schwaarzbier (lb) n , Päerdsbier n
Macedonian: капина f ( kapina )
Malay: sj buah kecil
Maltese: tuta f , tuta tal-għollieq f
Maori: parakipere
Mi'kmaq: ajioqjemin anim
Miami: makiinkweemina
Nogai: буьлдирген ( büldirgen ) , боьлдирген ( böldirgen )
Norwegian: bjørnebær (no) n
Occitan: amora (oc) f
Ojibwe: odatagaagomin
Old English: brǣmelberġe f , blacu berġe f
Pennsylvania German: Blaeckbeer
Persian: شاهتوت (fa) ( šâh-tut )
Polish: jeżyna (pl) , ożyna (pl) f , ostrężyna (pl)
Portuguese: amora (pt) f , amora-silvestre f , silva (pt) f
Quechua: khari-khari
Romanian: mură (ro) f
Romansch: mura f
Russian: ежеви́ка (ru) f ( ježevíka )
Scots: brammle
Scottish Gaelic: smeur f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: купина f
Roman: kupina (sh) f
Sicilian: muri f
Slovene: robidnica (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: śernjowka f
Spanish: zarzamora (es) f , mora (es) f
Swahili: forosadi nyeusi
Swedish: björnbär (sv) n
Tagalog: sapinit , sarsamora
Tatar:
Cyrillic: кара бөрлегән (tt) ( qara börlegän )
Latin: qara börlegän
Thai: แบล็กเบอร์รี ( blaekboeri )
Tigrinya: ጸሊም ጐምጠጥ ( ṣälim gʷämṭäṭ ) , ሮቮ ( rovo )
Turkish: böğürtlen (tr)
Turkmen: böwürslen (tk)
Ukrainian: ожи́на (uk) f ( ožýna )
Unami: hmuwinkwës
Uzbek: maymunjon (uz)
Vietnamese: trái ngấy
Volapük: murb (vo)
Walloon: meuron (wa) f , meumeure (wa) m , noere åmône (wa) f , meure (wa) f
Welsh: mwyar (cy) f pl , mwyar duon f pl
Yiddish: אָזשענע f ( ozhene )
blackberry (third-person singular simple present blackberries , present participle blackberrying , simple past and past participle blackberried )
To gather or forage for blackberries .
1977 , Howard Frank Mosher, Disappearances , Mariner Books, published 2006 , →ISBN , page 111 :My mother and Cordelia were blackberrying along the woods edge of a nearby meadow.
1988 , Arthur Bryson Gerrard, Butterflies & coalsmoke , page 62 :Thereafter we blackberried unceasingly and returned with a large basketful, together with some maggoty windfall apples found neglected in the wet grass on the edge of an orchard and Mrs Clare duly stewed these for us.
2001 , Thomas Keneally, Victim of the Aurora , Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, published 2001 , →ISBN , page 72 :My wife and children were blackberrying at the end of the garden and I was simply reading.
2004 , Janet Bord, The Traveller's Guide to Fairy Sites: The Landscape and Folklore of Fairyland In England, Wales And Scotland , Gothic Image, published 2004 , →ISBN , page 48 :Another instance of someone who is blackberrying and sees fairies can be found at Kingheriot Farm (South-West Wales: Pembrokeshire ): maybe gathering berries puts the percipient into a relaxed or dissociated frame of mind, more conducive to being able to see things that one would perhaps not normally be able to see.