barc

See also: barć and Barć

Old English

Etymology

From Old Norse bǫrkr (“tree bark”), from Proto-Germanic *barkuz. Possibly displaced unattested, inherited *bearc.

Noun

barc m

1. bark

Descendants

• Middle English: bark, barke

Tarifit

Alternative forms

• bāc

Etymology

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic برك (barrak).

Verb

barc (Tifinagh spelling ⴱⴰⵔⵛ)

1. (intransitive) to press
2. to crouch, to squat, to kneel (an animal)
3. (derogatory) to sit

   Synonym: qqim

   ibarc ɣar tmurt.

   He sat on the floor.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• Causative: sbratc (“to make kneel”)
  • Verbal noun: asebratc
• Verbal noun: abratc

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bark/
• Rhymes: -ark

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bark, from Middle English barke (“boat”), from Middle French barque, from Late Latin barca, a regular syncope of Vulgar Latin *barica, from Classical Latin bāris, from Ancient Greek βᾶρις (bâris, “Egyptian boat”), from Coptic ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ (baare, “small boat”), from Demotic br, from Egyptian bꜣjr

(“transport ship”).

Noun

barc m (plural barciau)

1. bark; barque (sailing vessel)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
barc	farc	marc	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology 2

Noun

barc

1. Soft mutation of parc.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
parc	barc	mharc	pharc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “barc”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies