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baar

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See also: Baar, bår, and -baar

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

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

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

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Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German wār, from Old High German wār, from Proto-West Germanic *wār (“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?”)

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

Crimean Tatar

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Etymology

From Persian بهار (bahâr).

Noun

baar

  1. spring
    Synonyms: ilkbaar, bahar
    • 1987, Сеитумер Эмин [Latin: Seitümer Emin], “Сенинъ кулюшинъ [Latin: Seniñ külüşiñ, Your laughter]”, in Меним сесим [Latin: Menim sesim, My voice], Tashkent: Гъафур Гъулам адына эдебият ве санат нешрияты [Latin: Ğafur Ğulam adına edebiyat ve sanat neşriyatı], pages 51-52:
      Меним чечегим, аязлы къышларда, / язда / ве кузьде, баарьде, / акъшам / ве саба, / куньдюз / ве гедже / даима ача, / къокъулар сача.
      Menim çeçegim, ayazlı qışlarda, / yazda / ve küzde, / baarde, / aqşam / ve saba, / kündüz / ve gece / daima aça, / qoqular saça.
      My flower, in frosty winters, / in summer / and in autumn, / in spring, / in the evening / and in morning, / during day / and at night / [it] always blooms, / [it] emits fragrance.
    • (Can we date this quote?), Refat Çaylaq, Yarım asır [Half-century]:
      Йыллар отти, келип-кечти баарьлер, / Дуймай къалдым, яшым еткен эллиге.
      Yıllar ötti, kelip-keçti baarler, / Duymay qaldım, yaşım etken ellige.
      Years passed, springs came and left, / I didn't notice I turned fifty.
    • 2024 October 23, “Qırımda Yuqarı Şuma civarındaki göl artıq suvğa tolmay — ülkeşınas [The lake near Yuqarı Şuma in Crimea is no longer filled with water — area studies expert]”, in Qırım.Aqıqat‎, archived from the original on 7 January 2025:
      Bundan soñ, uzun yağanaqlardan soñ, suv tek qışnıñ soñunda, baarniñ başında sıq-sıq peyda ola edi, amma şimdi bu da yoq.
      After this, water only appeared in the end of winter or in the beginning of spring after long precipitation, but now even this doesn't happen.

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

See also

Seasons in Crimean Tatar · mevsimler (layout · text) · category
baar (“spring”) yaz (“summer”) küz (“autumn”) qış (“winter”)

References

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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
      Synonyms: lijkbaar, lijkbed
      • 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:
    Derived terms
    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

      Etymology 3

        From Middle Dutch bare, from Old Dutch *bāra, from Proto-West Germanic *bārā, from Proto-Germanic *bērǭ (“wave, billow”).

        Cognate with West Frisian baar, Middle Low German bâre (“wave”), Old Norse bára (“wave, undulation, uneven surface”) (whence Middle English bare (“wave, billow”), English bore (“tidal wave”)).

        Noun

        baar f (plural baren, diminutive baartje n)

        1. (poetic, archaic, mostly used in the plural) a wave
          Synonym: golf
          • 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
        Descendants
        • Afrikaans: baar
        • 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.
          Declension
          More information Declension of, uninflected ...

          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 quotation)
              • 1932, Uit de eerste marinejaren van Dirk Jan, Batteljee & Terpstra, page 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 quotation)

            Etymology 6

            See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

            Verb

            baar

            1. inflection of baren:
              1. first-person singular present indicative
              2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
              3. imperative

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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
            More information Declension of (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation), singular ...

            Etymology 2

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

            Noun

            baar (genitive baari, partitive baari)

            1. bar (unit of pressure)
            Inflection
            More information Declension of (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation), singular ...

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