bara

bará (canonical feminine)
bará (absolutive)
bará (predicative)
bará (subjective)
bará (genitive)
barál (l-case with-postposition)
barák (k-case with-postposition)
barát (t-case with-postposition)
baráh (h-case with-postposition)


bara

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


bara

baraioù (plural)
bara (singular unmutated)
vara (mutation-soft singular)
para (mutation-hard singular)
baraioù (plural unmutated)
varaioù (mutation-soft plural)
paraioù (mutation-hard plural)

From Proto-Celtic *bargos, *barginā (“cake, bread”) (compare Welsh bara, Old Cornish bara, Old Irish bairgen f (“bread, loaf; food, plain diet”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- (“spike, prickle”) (Old Norse barr (“corn, grain, barley”), Latin far (“spelt”), Serbo-Croatian бра̏шно/brȁšno).


bara

a yard; a unit of length equal to 3 feet


bara

Uit enkele speakers dendert soca en zouk muziek^([sic]). In de lucht hangt de geur van versgebakken bara's en kip.

2021 July 4, “Gezellige sfeer bij vaccinatie in PL-centrum [Congenial atmosphere at vaccination drive at PL party headquarters]”, in StarNieuws, retrieved 2022-12-07:

Soca and zouk music thumps from a couple of loudspeakers. The smell of freshly fried vadas and chicken wafts through the air.

(originally Suriname) vada (a savoury doughnut made of mung bean flour)

From Caribbean Hindustani bára, possibly from Hindi बड़ा (baṛā).


bara

(Internet slang) A genre of homoerotic media, usually manga and often pornographic, made by gay men for gay men in Japan.

(Internet slang) Gay male media of a similar style and aesthetic, regardless of the creator's gender or ethnicity.

(Internet slang) Any homoerotic media or pornography that accentuates macho masculinity; gay porn.

Short for barazoku, from Japanese 薔薇族 (barazoku, literally “rose tribe”), the name of Japan's first modern gay men's magazine, named after a post-World War II term for gay men.


bara

bara men

(Internet slang) Of or related to bara media.


bara

head

bara (third person singular past indicative baraði, third person plural past indicative baraðu, supine barað)

baraði (indicative past singular third-person)
baraðu (indicative past plural third-person)
barað (supine)
bara (infinitive)
barað (supine)
barandi (participle)
baraður (participle)
bari (first-person present singular)
baraði (first-person past singular)
barar (present second-person singular)
baraði (past second-person singular)
barar (present singular third-person)
baraði (past singular third-person)
bara (plural present)
baraðu (past plural)
bara! (imperative present singular)
barið! (imperative plural present)


bara

Ma science pour les gopios, c’est de : couman fah-fah avec eux, prendre dra de leur melanhement, de leur miria, djaouli ceux qui veulent fraya au souklou, ou avoir un bara djidji par rapport à un graya général demso, decrou un bon soutrali par rapport à les bognan et leur gué un nouveau douahou et mettre mon fangan au-devant pour leurs wés.

2019 April 1, La rappeuse NASH, “La rappeuse NASH nommée ambassadrice nationale UNICEF”, in A UNICEF press release, spread by Ivorian.net, Fratmat, Allafrica, Afrique Femme, Abidjan TV, Ivoire Soir, Africa Hot News:

My science for the children is: to do some plain talk with them, discover their troubles, their concerns, to make provisions for those who want to go to school, or to have some real work in relation to a general sustenance, to render some good help in relation to their problems and give them a new chance, and to apply my power for their dreams.


bara

A young person who out of respect volunteers to work for someone from time to time.

ha-noun

barā̀ m (feminine baranyā̀, plural barōrī, possessed form baràn)

barā̀ (canonical masculine)
baranyā̀ (feminine)
barōrī (plural)
baràn (possessed-form)


bara

bar̃ā̀ f (plural bàr̃ā̀ce-bàr̃ā̀ce, possessed form bar̃àr̃)

bar̃ā̀ (canonical feminine)
bàr̃ā̀ce-bàr̃ā̀ce (plural)
bar̃àr̃ (possessed-form)


bara

one's focus (e.g., in aiming at or attempting to catch something)

bā̀r̃ā (canonical feminine)
bā̀r̃ar̃ (possessed-form)


bara

bā̀ra (canonical feminine)
bā̀rar̃ (possessed-form)


bara

Ég á bara 200 krónur.
I only have 200 krónur.

Bara að hann hringi í mig...

Þegiðu bara!

Gerðu þetta bara og þegiðu!

From Danish bare (“barely, only”). First attested in the 18th c.. Compare Swedish bara.


bara

id-noun

bara (first-person possessive baraku, second-person possessive baramu, third-person possessive baranya)

baraku (first-person possessive)
baramu (possessive second-person)
baranya (possessive third-person)


bara

head

bara f (genitive singular bara, nominative plural baraí)

bara (genitive singular)
baraí (nominative plural)

From Old Irish bara (“flow; intention, design”). Probably related to Middle Irish baramail (“opinion, expectation”).


bara

head

bara m (genitive singular bara, nominative plural baraí)

bara (genitive singular)
baraí (nominative plural)
nominative (indefinite)
bara (indefinite singular)
baraí (indefinite plural)
vocative (indefinite)
a bhara (indefinite singular)
a bharaí (indefinite plural)
genitive (indefinite)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an bara (definite singular)
na baraí (definite plural)
genitive (definite)
an bhara (definite singular)
na mbaraí (definite plural)
dative (definite)
leis an mbara (definite singular)
don bhara (definite singular)
leis na baraí (definite plural)
bara
bhara
mbara

From Middle Irish bara (“barrow”), borrowed from Old Norse barar.


bara

e del suo grembo l’anima preclara
mover si volle, tornando al suo regno,
e al suo corpo non volle altra bara.

1316–c. 1321, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XI”, in Paradiso [Heaven], lines 115–117; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2ⁿᵈ revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

And from her bosom the illustrious soul wished to depart, returning to its realm, and for its body wished no other bier.

bier (litter to transport the corpse of a dead person)

Il cadavere fu deposto nella bara.

molte bare in attesa di sepoltura

coffin (box in which a person is buried)

(religion) a carriage used to transport a saint's relics

an animal-drawn carriage typical of Tuscany and Liguria

Borrowed from Lombardic bāra (“bier, litter”), from Proto-West Germanic *beran, from Proto-Germanic *beraną (“to carry”). Compare German Bahre (“bier, stretcher”).


bara

third-person singular present indicative

inflection of barare:
second-person singular imperative


bara

“So, mii en ha fi fain mi uona wie fi se ina Jamiekan aal kain a sinting we piipl a taak bout wen dem a stodi langgwij . Mek mi shuo unu wa ... Mi bara di Rasta wod 'grounieshan' we dem yuuz fi seshan we dem miit an riizn . Mi tek i an yuuz i fi [...]”

1995, English World-wide, volumes 16-17, Julius Groos Verlag, page 214:

Well, I had to find my own way to express all sorts of things in Jamaican Creole which people talk about when they study languages. Let me show you what … I'm borrowing the Rasta word "Grounation" which they use for sessions where they get together and discuss important matters. I took it and used it to …


bara

ms-noun

bara (Jawi spelling بارا, plural bara-bara, informal 1st possessive baraku, 2nd possessive baramu, 3rd possessive baranya)

بارا (Jawi)
bara-bara (plural)
baraku (first-person informal possessive)
baramu (possessive second-person)
baranya (possessive third-person)

perbaraan [causative passive + resultative

membarai [agent focus + causative benefactive]

Indonesian: bara

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀah, from Proto-Austronesian *baʀah.


bara

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bajaq, compare Old Javanese warah.


bara

strong nominative/accusative feminine plural

inflection of bær:
weak nominative masculine singular


bara

Middle High German: bāre

German: Bahre

→ Italian: bara

From Proto-West Germanic *bāru, from Proto-Germanic *bērō, whence also Old English bēr.


bara

gmq-osw-conj-table

bara (weak)

bara (infinitive present)
barandi (participle present)
-e (participle present)
baraþer (participle past)
barar (first-person indicative present singular)
bari (first-person present singular subjunctive)
-e (first-person present singular subjunctive)
baraþi (first-person indicative past singular)
-e (first-person indicative past singular)
baraþi (first-person past singular subjunctive)
-e (first-person past singular subjunctive)
barar (indicative present second-person singular)
bari (present second-person singular subjunctive)
-e (present second-person singular subjunctive)
bara (imperative present second-person singular)
baraþi (indicative past second-person singular)
-e (indicative past second-person singular)
baraþi (past second-person singular subjunctive)
-e (past second-person singular subjunctive)
barar (indicative present singular third-person)
bari (present singular subjunctive third-person)
-e (present singular subjunctive third-person)
baraþi (indicative past singular third-person)
-e (indicative past singular third-person)
baraþi (past singular subjunctive third-person)
-e (past singular subjunctive third-person)
barum (first-person indicative plural present)
-om (first-person indicative plural present)
barum (first-person plural present subjunctive)
-om (first-person plural present subjunctive)
barum (first-person imperative plural present)
-om (first-person imperative plural present)
baraþum (first-person indicative past plural)
-om (first-person indicative past plural)
baraþum (first-person past plural subjunctive)
-om (first-person past plural subjunctive)
barin (indicative plural present second-person)
barin (plural present second-person subjunctive)
barin (imperative plural present second-person)
baraþin (indicative past plural second-person)
baraþin (past plural second-person subjunctive)
bara (indicative plural present third-person)
barin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
baraþu (indicative past plural third-person)
-o (indicative past plural third-person)
baraþin (past plural subjunctive third-person)
baras (first-person indicative present singular)
baris (first-person present singular subjunctive)
-es (first-person present singular subjunctive)
baraþis (first-person indicative past singular)
-es (first-person indicative past singular)
baraþis (first-person past singular subjunctive)
-es (first-person past singular subjunctive)
baras (indicative present second-person singular)
baris (present second-person singular subjunctive)
-es (present second-person singular subjunctive)
baraþis (indicative past second-person singular)
-es (indicative past second-person singular)
baraþis (past second-person singular subjunctive)
-es (past second-person singular subjunctive)
baras (indicative present singular third-person)
baris (present singular subjunctive third-person)
-es (present singular subjunctive third-person)
baraþis (indicative past singular third-person)
-es (indicative past singular third-person)
baraþis (past singular subjunctive third-person)
-es (past singular subjunctive third-person)
barums (first-person indicative plural present)
-oms (first-person indicative plural present)
barums (first-person plural present subjunctive)
-oms (first-person plural present subjunctive)
baraþums (first-person indicative past plural)
-oms (first-person indicative past plural)
baraþums (first-person past plural subjunctive)
-oms (first-person past plural subjunctive)
barins (indicative plural present second-person)
barins (plural present second-person subjunctive)
baraþins (indicative past plural second-person)
baraþins (past plural second-person subjunctive)
baras (indicative plural present third-person)
barins (plural present subjunctive third-person)
baraþus (indicative past plural third-person)
-os (indicative past plural third-person)
baraþins (past plural subjunctive third-person)

From Old Norse bera, bara (East Old Norse), from Proto-Germanic *bazōną.


bara

bàra (canonical feminine)
a (accent-paradigm)
bara (nominative singular)
bàrě (dual nominative)
bàry (nominative plural)
bàry (genitive singular)
bàru (dual genitive)
bàrъ (genitive plural)
bàrě (dative singular)
bàrama (dative dual)
bàramъ (dative plural)
bàrǫ (accusative singular)
bàrě (accusative dual)
bàry (accusative plural)
bàrojǫ (instrumental singular)
bàrǭ (instrumental singular)
bàrama (dual instrumental)
bàramī (instrumental plural)
bàrě (locative singular)
bàru (dual locative)
bàrasъ (locative plural)
bàraxъ (locative plural)
bàro (singular vocative)
bàrě (dual vocative)
bàry (plural vocative)

East Slavic:

Russian: бара (bara)

South Slavic:

Bulgarian: ба́ра (bára)

Macedonian: бара (bara)

Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: ба̏ра

Latin script: bȁra

Slovene: bára, bȃrje

West Slavic:

Czech: bara (dialectal)

Polabian: poro

Polish: bary pl

Slovak: bara (dialectal)

Sorbian:

Lower Sorbian: para

Upper Sorbian: bara

Uncertain; possibly borrowed from a substrate language, or perhaps from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bāˀrāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-reh₂ (“shiny; something shiny”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”); compare Proto-Slavic *bolto (“swamp”), traditionally derived from *bʰel- (“shiny, white”), as also *bělь (“swampy meadow”), though also likely of substrate origin instead. The p- forms in Lower Sorbian and Polabian are closer to the Lithuanian pur̃vas (“mud”) and Latvian pùrvs (“bog”), Sudovian puro (“swamp”).


bara

ro-verb

a bara (third-person singular present barează, past participle barat) 1st conj.

a bara (canonical)
barează (present singular third-person)
barat (participle past)
a bara (infinitive)
barând (gerund)
barat (participle past)
barez (first-person indicative present singular)
barezi (indicative present second-person singular)
barează (indicative present singular third-person)
barăm (first-person indicative plural present)
barați (indicative plural present second-person)
barează (indicative plural present third-person)
baram (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
barai (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
bara (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
baram (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
barați (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
barau (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
barai (first-person indicative perfect singular)
barași (indicative perfect second-person singular)
bară (indicative perfect singular third-person)
bararăm (first-person indicative perfect plural)
bararăți (indicative perfect plural second-person)
barară (indicative perfect plural third-person)
barasem (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
baraseși (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
barase (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
baraserăm (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
baraserăți (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
baraseră (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
să barez (first-person present singular subjunctive)
să barezi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
să bareze (present singular subjunctive third-person)
să barăm (first-person plural present subjunctive)
să barați (plural present second-person subjunctive)
să bareze (plural present subjunctive third-person)
barează (imperative second-person singular)
barați (imperative plural second-person)
nu bara (imperative negative second-person singular)
nu barați (imperative negative plural second-person)


bara

rw-verb

-bara (infinitive kubara, perfective -baze)

-bara (canonical)
kubara (infinitive)
-baze (perfective)


bara

bȁra (canonical feminine)
ба̏ра (Cyrillic)
bȁra (nominative singular)
bare (nominative plural)
bare (genitive singular)
bȃrā (genitive plural)
bari (dative singular)
barama (dative plural)
baru (accusative singular)
bare (accusative plural)
baro (singular vocative)
bare (plural vocative)
bari (locative singular)
barama (locative plural)
barom (instrumental singular)
barama (instrumental plural)


bara

bará (canonical class-5)
mapará (class-6 plural)


bara

bara (canonical)
bara (plural)
mabara (plural)

Borrowed from Arabic بَرّ (barr, “mainland”).


bara

From Old Swedish bara, from Old Norse *bara (“barely, only”), from *barr, from Proto-Germanic *bazaz (“bare”). Compare Icelandic bara.


bara

Jag ska bara läsa den här sidan också.

Vi har bara en bil.


bara

From Spanish barrar (“to mud”) or Spanish varar (“to strand”).


bara

unit of length measuring about 33 inches

measuring stick or tape measure of such a length


bara

(figuratively) means of subsistence, livelihood

From Proto-Celtic *bargos, *barginā (“cake, bread”) (compare Breton bara, Old Cornish bara, Old Irish bairgen f (“bread, loaf; food, plain diet”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- (“spike, prickle”) (Old Norse barr (“corn, grain, barley”), Latin far (“spelt”), Serbo-Croatian бра̏шно/brȁšno).


bara

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.