barri

See also: Barri, barrí, and barrì

Afar

Barri (1).

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbarːi/ [ˈbʌrːɪ]
• 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)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

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”)

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed 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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈba.ri]

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Noun

barri m (plural barris)

1. (of a manor) courtyard

   Synonym: lliça

2. (of a municipality) district, neighbourhood, quarter

   el barri Gòtic

   the Gothic Quarter

Derived terms

• anar-se'n a l'altre barri
• barri xinès
• barriada

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

Verb

barri

1. inflection of barrar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

French

Pronunciation

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Participle

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

1. past participle of barrir

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

Latin

Etymology 1

Noun

barrī

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

Etymology 2

Verb

barrī

1. second-person singular present active imperative of barriō

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

Occitan

Etymology

Compare Catalan barri.

Pronunciation

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Noun

barri m (plural barris)

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

Further reading

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