bára
See also: Appendix:Variations of "bara"
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse bára (“billow, wave”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bára f (genitive singular báru, plural bárur)
Declension edit
| Declension of bára | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| f1 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | bára | báran | bárur | bárurnar |
| accusative | báru | báruna | bárur | bárurnar |
| dative | báru | báruni | bárum | bárunum |
| genitive | báru | bárunnar | bára | báranna |
Synonyms edit
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse bára (“billow, wave”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bára f (genitive singular báru, nominative plural bárur)
Declension edit
declension of bára
Derived terms edit
- sigla milli skers og báru (to sit on the fence, to take the middle road)
- sjaldan er ein báran stök (it never rains but it pours)
- þungur á bárunni (unyielding)
Northern Sami edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bára
- bar (public house)
Inflection edit
| Even a-stem, no gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | bára | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | bára | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nominative | bára | bárat | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | bára | báraid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | bára | báraid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Illative | bárii | báraide | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Locative | báras | bárain | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Comitative | bárain | báraiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Essive | báran | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Further reading edit
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear”), probably through a Proto-Germanic root similar to *bērō.[1]
Noun edit
bára f
Declension edit
Declension of bára (weak ōn-stem)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Danish: båre
- Faroese: bára
- Icelandic: bára
- Norwegian Bokmål: båre, bår
- Norwegian Nynorsk: båre
- Old Swedish: bār
- Swedish: bår
- → Middle English: bare
- Norman : barre
References edit
- Entry "bára" on page 45 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).
- ^ “bore”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.