"bara" meaning in Proto-Slavic

See bara in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{unc|sla-pro}} Uncertain, {{bor|sla-pro|qfa-sub}} substrate, {{inh|sla-pro|ine-bsl-pro|*bāˀrāˀ}} Proto-Balto-Slavic *bāˀrāˀ, {{inh|sla-pro|ine-pro||*bʰeh₂-reh₂|t=shiny; something shiny}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-reh₂ (“shiny; something shiny”), {{der|sla-pro|ine-pro|*bʰeh₂-|t=to shine}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”), {{cog|sla-pro|*bolto||swamp}} Proto-Slavic *bolto (“swamp”), {{cog|lt|pur̃vas|t=mud}} Lithuanian pur̃vas (“mud”), {{cog|lv|pùrvs|t=bog}} Latvian pùrvs (“bog”), {{cog|xsv|puro|t=swamp}} Sudovian puro (“swamp”) Head templates: {{sla-noun|f|head=*bàra}} *bàra f Inflection templates: {{sla-decl-noun|bara|ap=a|g=f|stem=a}} Forms: bàra [canonical, feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], 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], *barъ [alternative]
  1. puddle, pond Wikipedia link: Marko Snoj Tags: reconstruction Derived forms: barina, barьje, baruga, barišče (augmenatives)
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          "lang_code": "ru",
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              "word": "ба̏ра"
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      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bàry",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "*barъ",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "head": "*bàra"
      },
      "expansion": "*bàra f",
      "name": "sla-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bara",
        "ap": "a",
        "g": "f",
        "stem": "a"
      },
      "name": "sla-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Slavic",
  "lang_code": "sla-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bara",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Slavic feminine nouns",
        "Proto-Slavic hard a-stem nouns",
        "Proto-Slavic lemmas",
        "Proto-Slavic nominals with accent paradigm a",
        "Proto-Slavic nouns",
        "Proto-Slavic terms borrowed from substrate languages",
        "Proto-Slavic terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic",
        "Proto-Slavic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Proto-Slavic terms derived from substrate languages",
        "Proto-Slavic terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic",
        "Proto-Slavic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Proto-Slavic terms with unknown etymologies",
        "sla-pro:Bodies of water"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "puddle, pond"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "puddle",
          "puddle"
        ],
        [
          "pond",
          "pond"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Marko Snoj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bara"
}

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