bára

See also: bara, Bara, Bára, bāra, bära, barā, and bara-

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse bára (“billow, wave”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbɔara]

Noun

bára f (genitive singular báru, plural bárur)

  1. a single little wave, billow
    Tað er ikki bára á sjónum.
    It is totally calm.
    Sjáldan er ein báran støk.
    “When it rains, it pours.”

Declension
Declension of bára
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bára báran bárur bárurnar
accusative báru báruna bárur bárurnar
dative báru báruni bárum bárunum
genitive báru bárunnar bára báranna

Synonyms

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bára (“billow, wave”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpauːra/
    Rhymes: -auːra
    Homophone: Bára

Noun

bára f (genitive singular báru, nominative plural bárur)

  1. wave

Declension
declension of bára
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bára báran bárur bárurnar
accusative báru báruna bárur bárurnar
dative báru bárunni bárum bárunum
genitive báru bárunnar bára báranna

Derived terms

Northern Sami

Etymology

Pronunciation
  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpaːra/

Noun

bára

  1. bar (public house)

Inflection
Even a-stem, no gradation
Nominative bára
Genitive bára
Singular Plural
Nominative bára bárat
Accusative bára báraid
Genitive bára báraid
Illative bárii báraide
Locative báras bárain
Comitative bárain báraiguin
Essive báran
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person báran bárame báramet
2nd person bárat bárade báradet
3rd person báras báraska báraset

Further reading

Old Norse

Etymology

Perhaps from berja.

Noun

bára f

  1. wave, billow

Declension
  Declension of bára (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bára báran bárur bárurnar
accusative báru báruna bárur bárurnar
dative báru bárunni bárum bárunum
genitive báru bárunnar bára báranna

Derived terms
  • báróttr

Descendants

References
  • Entry "bára" on page 45 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).
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