barri

barri

See also: Barri, barrí, and barrì

Afar

Barri (1).

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَرِّيّ‎ (barriyy, “wild”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʌrːi/
• Hyphenation: bar‧ri

Noun

bárri m (plural barritté f)

1. wilderness
2. dry land
3. (Southern dialects) fertile or productive place

Declension

Declension of bárri
absolutive	bárri
predicative	bárri
subjective	barrí
genitive	barrí
Postpositioned forms l-case bárril k-case bárrik t-case bárrit h-case bárrih

References

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “bàrri”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

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Basque

Adjective

barri (comparative barriago, superlative barrien, excessive barriegi)

1. (Biscayan) Alternative form of berri (“new”)

Noun

barri inan

1. (Biscayan) Alternative form of berri (“new”)

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Catalan

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic بَرِّي‎ (barri, “exterior”), referring to the outer, surrounding or less civilized or urbanized parts of a city, from classical Arabic بَرِيّ‎ (bariyy, “wild”). Compare Spanish barrio and Occitan barri.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ri/

• Audio

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Noun

barri m (plural barris)

1. district (of a town), neighbourhood

   el barri Gòtic

   the Gothic Quarter

Derived terms

• anar-se'n a l'altre barri

Further reading

• “barri” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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French

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Participle

barri (feminine barrie, masculine plural barris, feminine plural barries)

1. past participle of barrir

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Italian

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

barri m pl

1. plural of barro

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

barri

1. inflection of barrare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• birra

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Latin

Noun

barrī

1. inflection of barrus:
   1. nominative/vocative plural
   2. genitive singular

Verb

barrī

1. second-person singular present active imperative of barriō

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Maltese

Root
b-r-r
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَرِّيّ‎ (barriyy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbar.rɪ/

Adjective

barri (feminine singular barrija, plural barrin)

1. rural, wild

Noun

barri m (plural barrin)

1. bull
2. (figuratively) strong

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Occitan

Etymology

Compare Catalan barri.

Noun

barri m (plural barris)

1. outskirts (of a city)
2. rampart, suburbs

Further reading

• “barri” - Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana (pg. 99)