bára

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bara"

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse bára (“billow, wave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɑːɹa/
• Rhymes: -ɔɑːɹa
• Homophone: Bára

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

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

• alda, smábrot

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 (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

• sigla milli skers og báru (“to sit on the fence, to take the middle road”)
• sjaldan er ein báran stök (“it never rains but it pours”)
• þungur á bárunni (“unyielding”)

Northern Sami

Etymology

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

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

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear”), probably through a Proto-Germanic root similar to *bērō.

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

• Danish: båre
• Faroese: bára
• Icelandic: bára
• Norwegian Bokmål: båre, bår
• Norwegian Nynorsk: båre
• Old Swedish: bār
  • Swedish: bår
• → Middle English: bare
  • English: bore
  • Scots: boar, bore
• Norman : barre

References

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