βάρκα

Greek edit

A characteristic βάρκα.

Etymology edit

Inherited from Byzantine Greek βάρκα (bárka)^[1] attested in the 6^th century (John the Lydian), a medieval αντδιάνειο n (antdiáneio, “repatriated loanword”) from Late Latin barca,^[2] 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 edit

IPA^(key): /ˈvaɾ.ka/
Hyphenation: βάρ‧κα

Noun edit

βάρκα • (várka) f (plural βάρκες)

(nautical) small boat or launch, dinghy

Declension edit

declension of βάρκα

case \ number	singular	plural
nominative	βάρκα •	βάρκες •
genitive	βάρκας •	—
accusative	βάρκα •	βάρκες •
vocative	βάρκα •	βάρκες •

Related terms edit

βαρκάκι n (varkáki, diminutive)
βαρκάρης m (varkáris, “boatman”)
βαρκαρόλα f (varkaróla, “barcarolle”)
βαρκούλα f (varkoúla, diminutive)
ψαρόβαρκα f (psaróvarka, “fishing boat”)
παλιόβαρκα f (palióvarka)

Descendants edit

→ Aromanian: varcã

See also edit

see: πλοίο n (ploío, “large ship”) for other types of vessel

References edit

^ βάρκα - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
^ βάρκα - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre

Further reading edit

λέμβος (βάρκα) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

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