барка

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Russian барка (barka), from Middle Low German barke (“shallow wide boat, usually flat-bottomed”), from Middle Dutch barke, from Middle French barque, from Old Occitan barca, from Late Latin barca, from Vulgar Latin *bārica, from Latin bāris (“Egyptian shallow wide flat-bottomed river boat”), from Ancient Greek βᾶρις (bâris), from Demotic br, from Egyptian bꜣjr, further origin uncertain.

Attested since the 14th-15th centuries (Novgorod 4th chronicle).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbarkə]

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Noun

ба́рка • (bárka) f inan (genitive ба́рки, nominative plural ба́рки, genitive plural ба́рок)

1. kind of a barge, specifically a wooden flat-bottomed river boat, usually undecked
2. genitive singular of барк (bark)

Declension

Declension of ба́рка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ба́рка bárka	ба́рки bárki
genitive	ба́рки bárki	ба́рок bárok
dative	ба́рке bárke	ба́ркам bárkam
accusative	ба́рку bárku	ба́рки bárki
instrumental	ба́ркой, ба́ркою bárkoj, bárkoju	ба́рками bárkami
prepositional	ба́рке bárke	ба́рках bárkax

See also

• ба́ржа (bárža)

References

• http://www.philology.nsc.ru/journals/spj/pdf/2018_3/16.pdf
• https://brill.com/abstract/book/edcoll/9789004377530/BP000017.xml

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian barca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bâːrka/
• Hyphenation: бар‧ка

Noun

ба̑рка f (Latin spelling bȃrka)

1. boat (especially at the Adriatic)

Declension

Declension of барка

	singular	plural
nominative	ба̑рка	барке
genitive	барке	барака
dative	барци	баркама
accusative	барку	барке
vocative	барко	барке
locative	барци	баркама
instrumental	барком	баркама

References

• “барка” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Middle Low German barke (“shallow wide boat, usually flat-bottomed”), from Middle Dutch barke, from Middle French barque, from Old Occitan barca, from Late Latin barca, from Vulgar Latin *bārica, from Latin bāris (“Egyptian shallow wide flat-bottomed river boat”), from Ancient Greek βᾶρις (bâris), from Demotic br, from Egyptian bꜣjr, further origin uncertain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbarkɐ]

Noun

ба́рка • (bárka) f inan (genitive ба́рки, nominative plural ба́рки, genitive plural ба́рок)

1. kind of a barge, specifically a wooden flat-bottomed undecked river boat

Declension

Declension of ба́рка (inan hard fem-form accent-a reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	ба́рка bárka	ба́рки bárky
genitive	ба́рки bárky	ба́рок bárok
dative	ба́рці bárci	ба́ркам bárkam
accusative	ба́рку bárku	ба́рки bárky
instrumental	ба́ркою bárkoju	ба́рками bárkamy
locative	ба́рці bárci	ба́рках bárkax
vocative	ба́рко bárko	ба́рки bárky

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “барка”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “барка”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “барка”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka