бар'ер

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• barjer — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Borrowed from French barrière. Compare Lithuanian barjeras, Russian барье́р (barʹjér), Ukrainian бар'є́р (barʺjér).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [baˈrjer]
• Rhymes: -er

Noun

бар'е́р • (barʺjér) m inan (genitive бар'е́ра, nominative plural бар'е́ры, genitive plural бар'е́раў, relational adjective бар'е́рны)

1. barrier (structure that bars passage)
2. (sports) hurdle
3. (figuratively) barrier (obstacle or impediment)

Declension

Declension of бар'е́р (inan hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	бар'е́р barʺjér	бар'е́ры barʺjéry
genitive	бар'е́ра barʺjéra	бар'е́раў barʺjéraŭ
dative	бар'е́ру barʺjéru	бар'е́рам barʺjéram
accusative	бар'е́р barʺjér	бар'е́ры barʺjéry
instrumental	бар'е́рам barʺjéram	бар'е́рамі barʺjérami
locative	бар'е́ры barʺjéry	бар'е́рах barʺjérax
count form	—	бар'е́ры1 barʺjéry1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

Derived terms

• бар'еры́ст (barʺjerýst), бар'еры́стка (barʺjerýstka, “hurdler”)

Descendants

• → Yiddish: באַריער (baryer)

References

• “бар'ер” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• “бар'ер”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)