Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *barati (to seek, to examine).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈbarɐm]
  • (file)

Verb edit

ба́рам (báram) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective ба́рна)

  1. (transitive) to touch, to grope
  2. (transitive, figurative) to handle (work, instrument)
  3. (transitive, figurative) to tinker, to meddle, to pry
  4. (transitive, dialectal) to seek via touch, to grope after
  5. (reflexive with се) to paw, to feel up oneself via touch
    барам се по главата
    baram se po glavata
    to pat one's head (in order to feel it)

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

References edit

  • барам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • барам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “барам, барвам, барна”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 33

Macedonian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈbaɾam]
  • Hyphenation: ба‧рам

Verb edit

барам (baram)

  1. first-person singular present of бара (bara)

Russian edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

ба́рам (báramm inan pl

  1. dative plural of бар (bar)

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

ба́рам (báramm anim pl

  1. dative plural of ба́рин (bárin)