bārda

See also: barda, bárda, and bārdā

Latvian

Bārda

Kazas bārda

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *bardā́ˀ (with lengthening: *-àr- > -ā̀r-), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰéh₂ (“beard”), from the stem *bʰar- (“projecting forward; tip, point; bristle, awn”), which is perhaps a form of *bʰer- (“to cut, to grate, to split, to hit”). Cognates include Lithuanian barzdà (< *barzdā-, a parallel form of *bardā-, with an extra z perhaps because of d:zd phonetic variation), Old Prussian bordus, Proto-Slavic *borda (Old Church Slavonic брада (brada), Russian борода (boroda), Czech brada (“beard, chin”), Polish broda (“beard, chin”)), Proto-Germanic *bardaz (German Bart, English beard), Latin barba (< *farβā) (French barbe, Italian barba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bàːɾda]

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Noun

bārda f (4th declension)

1. (anatomy) beard (hair that grows on the cheeks and chins)

   vaigu bārda ― sideburns (lit. cheek beard)

   sirma bārda ― gray beard

   kupla bārda ― bushy beard

   skūt bārdu ― to shave a beard

   audzēt bārdu ― to grow (lit. raise) a beard

   biezi, melni bārdas rugāji noseguši zodu un vaigus ― thick, black beard stubbles covered (his) chin and cheeks

2. (of animals) beard (hair, hair-like formation on the lower jaw)

   āža, kazas bārda ― goat beard

   bārdas zivs ― beard(ed) fish

Declension

Declension of bārda (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	bārda	bārdas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	bārdu	bārdas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	bārdas	bārdu
dative (datīvs)	bārdai	bārdām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	bārdu	bārdām
locative (lokatīvs)	bārdā	bārdās
vocative (vokatīvs)	bārda	bārdas

Derived terms

• bārdains
• bārdainis