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1. n. 1

   In Proto-Indo-European linguistics, an ablaut form of a root characterized by the absence of the basic ablauting vowel phonemes */e/ and */o/.

   *bʰr̥- is the zero-grade of the Indo-European root *bʰer- meaning “to carry, bear”.

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zero-grades