"bara" meaning in Welsh

See bara in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈbara/ [North-Wales], /ˈba(ː)ra/ [South-Wales] Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], bara [error-unrecognized-form], fara [soft], mara [error-unrecognized-form]
Rhymes: -ara Etymology: Inherited from Middle Welsh bara, Proto-Celtic *bargos, *barginā (“cake, bread”) (compare Breton bara, 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). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|cy|wlm|bara|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle Welsh bara, {{inh+|cy|wlm|bara}} Inherited from Middle Welsh bara, {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*bargos, *barginā|t=cake, bread}} Proto-Celtic *bargos, *barginā (“cake, bread”), {{cog|br|bara}} Breton bara, {{cog|kw|bara}} Cornish bara, {{cog|sga|bairgen|g=f|t=bread, loaf; food, plain diet}} Old Irish bairgen f (“bread, loaf; food, plain diet”), {{inh|cy|ine-pro|*bʰers-|t=spike, prickle}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- (“spike, prickle”), {{cog|non|barr|t=corn, grain, barley}} Old Norse barr (“corn, grain, barley”), {{cog|la|far|t=spelt}} Latin far (“spelt”), {{cog|sh|бра̏шно}} Serbo-Croatian бра̏шно Head templates: {{cy-noun|m|-}} bara m (uncountable) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. bread Tags: masculine, uncountable
    Sense id: en-bara-cy-noun-mFYEwrYC Categories (other): Breads Disambiguation of Breads: 72 3 9 16
  2. (figuratively) food, meal, sustenance Tags: figuratively, masculine, uncountable
    Sense id: en-bara-cy-noun-h6AgTP6w
  3. (figuratively) means of subsistence, livelihood Tags: figuratively, masculine, uncountable
    Sense id: en-bara-cy-noun-hBBG4Gv8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bara a chaws (english: bread and cheese), bara a dŵr (english: bread and water), bara brith, bara cras, bara crasu, bara fflat, bara soda, llysiau'r bara (english: coriander) Related terms: torth (english: loaf)
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈbara/ [North-Wales], /ˈba(ː)ra/ [South-Wales] Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], para [error-unrecognized-form], bara [soft], mhara [error-unrecognized-form], phara [error-unrecognized-form]
Rhymes: -ara Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|cy|mutated verb}} bara Inflection templates: {{cy-mut|para}}
  1. soft mutation of para Tags: form-of, mutation-soft Form of: para
    Sense id: en-bara-cy-verb-c-aTo68c Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 9 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "bread and cheese",
      "translation": "bread and cheese",
      "word": "bara a chaws"
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      "english": "bread and water",
      "translation": "bread and water",
      "word": "bara a dŵr"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "bara brith"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "bara cras"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈba(ː)ra/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ara"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bara"
}

Download raw JSONL data for bara meaning in Welsh (5.6kB)

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  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: bara/Welsh 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "bara"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "bara",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: bara/Welsh 'nasal' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form', 'soft'}",
  "path": [
    "bara"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "bara",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: bara/Welsh 'aspirate' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form', 'soft'}",
  "path": [
    "bara"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "bara",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: bara/Welsh 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "bara"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "bara",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: bara/Welsh 'nasal' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form', 'soft'}",
  "path": [
    "bara"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "bara",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: bara/Welsh 'aspirate' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form', 'soft'}",
  "path": [
    "bara"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "bara",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Welsh dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-12-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-12-02 using wiktextract (6fdc867 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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