baar

baar

See also: Baar, bår, and -baar

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɑːɾ]

Etymology 1

From Dutch baren, from Middle Dutch baren, beren, from Old Dutch beran, baran, from Proto-Germanic *beraną. Cognate with German gebären, English to bear.

Verb

baar (present baar, present participle barende, past participle gebaar)

1. to give birth to; to bear

Usage notes

• The passive is formed with the irregular past participle gebore. Compare:

  Die vrou het gisteraand ’n kind gebaar. ― The woman bore a child last night.

  Die kind is gisteraand gebore. ― The child was born last night.

Etymology 2

From Dutch baar, from Middle Dutch bâre, from Old Dutch *bāra, from Proto-Germanic *bērō, derived from etymology 1. Cognate with German Bahre, English bier.

Noun

baar (plural bare)

1. stretcher; litter; bier.

Etymology 3

From Dutch baar, from Middle Dutch bâre. Possibly identical with etymology 2.

Noun

baar (plural bare)

1. big wave; breaker.

Synonyms

• brander

Etymology 4

From Dutch baar, from Middle Dutch bare, from Old French barre. Cognate with German Barren, English bar.

Noun

baar (plural bare)

1. bar (of metal)

Etymology 5

From Malay baru (“new”), in part directly, in part through the Dutch nominalisation baar (“newcomer”).

Adjective

baar (attributive bare, comparative baarder, superlative baarste)

1. inexperienced

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

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Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German wār, from Old High German wār, from Proto-Germanic *wēraz (“true”). Cognate with German wahr, Dutch waar, German Low German wahr, West Frisian wier.

Adjective

baar

1. (Sette Comuni) true

   De khimmest, is baar?

   You're coming, right?

   (literally, “You come, is true?”)

Related terms

• baarot

References

• “baar” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

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Crimean Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *barną (“child”); compare Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽 (barn). The form baar may be a misprint for barn. Alternatively, -rn may have been simplified to -r, as it was in some dialects of High German; compare Luxembourgish Kär, Dar.

Noun

baar

1. child or boy
   • 1589, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, letter

     Baar. Puer.

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Persian بهار‎ (bahâr).

Noun

baar (Cyrillic spelling баарь)

1. spring

Declension

Declension of baar

	singular	plural
nominative	baar	baarler
genitive	baarniñ	baarlerniñ
dative	baarge	baarlerge
accusative	baarni	baarlerni
locative	baarde	baarlerde
ablative	baarden	baarlerden

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baːr/

• baar

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• Hyphenation: baar
• Rhymes: -aːr
• Homophone: Bahr

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch bâre, from Old Dutch bier, from Proto-West Germanic *bērō, from Proto-Germanic *bērō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to carry, bear”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Beere (“stretcher, bier”), English bier, German Bahre (“bier, stretcher”).

Noun

baar f (plural baren, diminutive baartje n)

1. A bier, a stretcher, a litter; a device used to carry someone or something, especially wounded or dead people.

   Synonyms: draagbaar, brancard

2. A bed on which a dead person is displayed before he is buried.
   • 1922, Albert Verwey, De weg van het licht, De Gerichte Wil

     Wanneer ik stierf en zij die mij beminden / Rondom mijn baar staan en de een d’andre vraagt:

     When I died and those that loved me / stand around my dead bed and one asks the other:

   Synonyms: lijkbaar, lijkbed

Derived terms

• baarkleed
• draagbaar
• lijkbaar
• opbaren
• rosbaar

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: baar (dated)

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch bare, from Old French barre.

Noun

baar f (plural baren, diminutive baartje n)

1. A bar, an ingot (of gold or another metal).
2. (obsolete) A bar, a beam.

   Synonyms: boom, staaf

Derived terms

• goudbaar

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

baar f (plural baren, diminutive baartje n)

1. (poetic, archaic, mostly used in the plural) A wave.
   • 1716, H.K. Poot, Mengeldichten, Die spade komt ook.

     Ulisses zworf weleer op wilde woeste baren,/ Minerves wreeden wrok en wrange wraek ten doel,

     Ulisses roamed on wild violent waves, towards Minerva’s cruel anger and bitter revenge

   Synonym: golf

Descendants

• Negerhollands: baeren

Etymology 4

Related to bar (“bare”).

Adjective

baar (not comparable)

1. Said of money; cash.
   • Ik heb geen baar geld bij me.

     I have no cash on me.

Inflection

Inflection of baar
uninflected	baar
inflected	bare
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		baar
indefinite	m./f. sing.	bare
	n. sing.	baar
	plural	bare
definite		bare
partitive		baars

Etymology 5

Borrowed from Malay baru.

Noun

baar m (plural baren, diminutive baartje n)

1. (historical, nautical or relating to Indonesia, Netherlands) greenhorn, newbie
   • 1930 August 3, Si Omong, "Baren en... baren.", Algemeen Handelsblad, ochtendblad, page 12.

     Een leergierige baar wil gedurende het eerste etmaal van zijn verblijf op Java alles zien, alles weten, alles proeven.

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

   • 1932, Uit de eerste marinejaren van Dirk Jan, Batteljee & Terpstra, pages 48 & 49.

     Bovendien werden de baren daardoor in korten tijd scheeps- en »marine«-wijs gemaakt, leerden de taal en de gebruiken van hun nieuwe wereld en praatten in weinig tijds mee als de besten over »snerfnimf« en »galjoenkapitein«, over »pluimgraaf« en »waschteef« zowel als over »Droge«, »Puist« en »Poen«, over »Clovis« en »Bakkertje« en over de »fielten« en »bokken« hunner dagelijksche omgeving.

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

Related terms

• orang-baar

Etymology 6

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

baar

1. first-person singular present indicative of baren
2. imperative of baren

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Estonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈb̥ɑːr/, [ˈb̥ɑːr]

Etymology 1

From English bar.

Noun

baar (genitive baari, partitive baari)

1. bar, pub

Inflection

Declension of baar (type riik)

	singular	plural
nominative	baar	baarid
genitive	baari	baaride
partitive	baari	baare / baarisid
illative	baari / baarisse	baaridesse / baaresse
inessive	baaris	baarides / baares
elative	baarist	baaridest / baarest
allative	baarile	baaridele / baarele
adessive	baaril	baaridel / baarel
ablative	baarilt	baaridelt / baarelt
translative	baariks	baarideks / baareks
terminative	baarini	baarideni
essive	baarina	baaridena
abessive	baarita	baarideta
comitative	baariga	baaridega

Etymology 2

From German Bar, from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”).

Noun

baar (genitive baari, partitive baari)

1. bar (unit of pressure)

Inflection

Declension of baar (type riik)

	singular	plural
nominative	baar	baarid
genitive	baari	baaride
partitive	baari	baare / baarisid
illative	baari / baarisse	baaridesse / baaresse
inessive	baaris	baarides / baares
elative	baarist	baaridest / baarest
allative	baarile	baaridele / baarele
adessive	baaril	baaridel / baarel
ablative	baarilt	baaridelt / baarelt
translative	baariks	baarideks / baareks
terminative	baarini	baarideni
essive	baarina	baaridena
abessive	baarita	baarideta
comitative	baariga	baaridega

Further reading

• baar in Sõnaveeb

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Manx

Noun

baar m (genitive singular baar, plural baaryn)

1. crop, yield

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
baar	vaar	maar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German bar, English bare.

Adjective

baar

1. bare
2. naked

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Venetian

The spelling of this entry has been normalized according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community or recent spelling standards of the language.

Etymology

From Medieval Latin badō, badāre. Compare Old French beer, baer, whence French bayer (“to gape”).

Verb

baar (obsolete)

1. to be still with the mouth hanging open; to gape
   • c. 1351–1400, Francesco di Vannozzo, Rime, 148.259:

     Mo s'io fossi riscosso — de mia monoia, / io averia mazur voglia / d'aconzarmi la moglia — a rasonare / e dire e dare e baare — e stare em banca / con l'oca bianca — e con la starna grassa.

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

2. (figurative) to be amazed, dumbfounded
   • 13th century, Caducità della vita umana, lines 232–236:

     « […] que è de ’st’ om ke no fi sepellì? / Çà par se golça de lo fiiol me’ / k’el sapa tuto quant ell’ è de re’; / la çento baa e vol tornar en dre’; / or fia sepellì tost{o} per l’amor De’».

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

References

• “baare”, in TLIO – Tesoro della lingua italiana delle origini

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Yola

Etymology 1

From Middle English bare, from Old English bær, from Proto-West Germanic *baʀ.

Alternative forms

• baare

Adjective

baar

1. bare
   • 1927, “LAMENT OF A WIDOW”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, line 3:

     Or to a baar walles o Laady's Ilone?.

     Or to the bare walls of Lady's Island.

Verb

baar

1. Alternative form of ber (“to bear”)
   • 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, line 5:

     Wu canna baar to gow aveel,

     We cannot bear to go abroad,

References

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 130 & 131