nabar

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nabar/ [na.β̞ar]
• Rhymes: -abar, -ar
• Hyphenation: na‧bar

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

nabar (comparative nabarrago, superlative nabarren, excessive nabarregi)

1. greyish-brown

   Synonyms: ñabar, pintarratu, pikart, pinto

2. varied, multifaceted

   Synonym: askotariko

3. ambiguous

   Synonym: anbiguo

4. (speech) dirty, foul, explicit

Declension

Declension of nabar (adjective C-stem)

		indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive		nabar	nabarra	nabarrak	nabarrok
ergative		nabarrek	nabarrak	nabarrek	nabarrok
dative		nabarri	nabarrari	nabarrei	nabarroi
genitive		nabarren	nabarraren	nabarren	nabarron
comitative		nabarrekin	nabarrarekin	nabarrekin	nabarrokin
causative		nabarrengatik	nabarrarengatik	nabarrengatik	nabarrongatik
benefactive		nabarrentzat	nabarrarentzat	nabarrentzat	nabarrontzat
instrumental		nabarrez	nabarraz	nabarrez	nabarrotaz
innesive	anim.	nabarrengan	nabarrarengan	nabarrengan	nabarrongan
	inan.	nabarretan	nabarrean	nabarretan	nabarrotan
locative	anim.	—	—	—	—
	inan.	nabarretako	nabarreko	nabarretako	nabarrotako
allative	anim.	nabarrengana	nabarrarengana	nabarrengana	nabarrongana
	inan.	nabarretara	nabarrera	nabarretara	nabarrotara
terminative	anim.	nabarrenganaino	nabarrarenganaino	nabarrenganaino	nabarronganaino
	inan.	nabarretaraino	nabarreraino	nabarretaraino	nabarrotaraino
directive	anim.	nabarrenganantz	nabarrarenganantz	nabarrenganantz	nabarronganantz
	inan.	nabarretarantz	nabarrerantz	nabarretarantz	nabarrotarantz
destinative	anim.	nabarrenganako	nabarrarenganako	nabarrenganako	nabarronganako
	inan.	nabarretarako	nabarrerako	nabarretarako	nabarrotarako
ablative	anim.	nabarrengandik	nabarrarengandik	nabarrengandik	nabarrongandik
	inan.	nabarretatik	nabarretik	nabarretatik	nabarrotatik
partitive		nabarrik	—	—	—
prolative		nabartzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• nabar-lore
• nabartasun
• nabartu

Etymology 2

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

Noun

nabar inan

1. plowshare
2. furrow

Declension

Declension of nabar (inan C-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	nabar	nabarra	nabarrak	nabarrok
ergative	nabarrek	nabarrak	nabarrek	nabarrok
dative	nabarri	nabarrari	nabarrei	nabarroi
genitive	nabarren	nabarraren	nabarren	nabarron
comitative	nabarrekin	nabarrarekin	nabarrekin	nabarrokin
causative	nabarrengatik	nabarrarengatik	nabarrengatik	nabarrongatik
benefactive	nabarrentzat	nabarrarentzat	nabarrentzat	nabarrontzat
instrumental	nabarrez	nabarraz	nabarrez	nabarrotaz
innesive	nabarretan	nabarrean	nabarretan	nabarrotan
locative	nabarretako	nabarreko	nabarretako	nabarrotako
allative	nabarretara	nabarrera	nabarretara	nabarrotara
terminative	nabarretaraino	nabarreraino	nabarretaraino	nabarrotaraino
directive	nabarretarantz	nabarrerantz	nabarretarantz	nabarrotarantz
destinative	nabarretarako	nabarrerako	nabarretarako	nabarrotarako
ablative	nabarretatik	nabarretik	nabarretatik	nabarrotatik
partitive	nabarrik	—	—	—
prolative	nabartzat	—	—	—

Further reading

• “nabar”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “nabar”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Iberian

Etymology

Potentially from Basque barna (“deep”).

Adjective

nabar

1. deep

   nabaŕ sosin lakun uŕalaśkaŕ akaś tikeŕ

   A deep integrity leads our friends to purity

References

• Villamor, Fernando (2020) A basic dictionary and grammar of the Iberian language

Maltese

Root
n-b-r
4 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.bar/
• Rhymes: -abar

Etymology 1

From Arabic نَبَرَ (nabara).

Verb

nabar (imperfect janbar, verbal noun nabar)

2. to display

   Synonym: nabbar

Conjugation

Conjugation of nabar (Form II)

positive forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	nabbart	nabbart	nabbar	nabbarna	nabbartu	nabbru
	f			nabbret
imperfect	m	nnabbar	tnabbar	jnabbar	nnabbru	tnabbru	jnabbru
	f			tnabbar
imperative			nabbar			nabbru
negative forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	nabbartx	nabbartx	nabbarx	nabbarniex	nabbartux	nabbrux
	f			nabbritx
imperfect	m	nnabbarx	tnabbarx	jnabbarx	nnabbrux	tnabbrux	jnabbrux
	f			tnabbarx
imperative			tnabbarx			tnabbrux

Etymology 2

From Arabic نَبْر (nabr).

Noun

nabar m (instance noun nabra)

1. verbal noun of nabar

Spanish

Adjective

nabar m or f (masculine and feminine plural nabares)

1. (relational) turnip

Noun

nabar m (plural nabares)

1. place where turnips are grown

Further reading

• “nabar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025