нары

Kabardian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish نار (nâr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [naːrə]

Noun

нары • (narə)

1. pomegranate

Russian

Нары в бараке концлагеря

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnarɨ]

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Cognate with Ukrainian на́ри (náry), Polish nary.

Noun

на́ры • (náry) f inan pl (genitive нар, plural only)

1. plank bed (often used in prisons), bunk
2. (metonymically, colloquial) prison, jail

   На Кана́рах — лу́чше, чем на на́рах. ― Na Kanárax — lúčše, čem na nárax. ― It's better to retire and leave the country than go to prison. (literally, “It's better to be on the Canaries than in prison.”)

Declension

Declension of на́ры (inan pl-only fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	plural
nominative	на́ры náry
genitive	на́р nár
dative	на́рам náram
accusative	на́ры náry
instrumental	на́рами nárami
prepositional	на́рах nárax

Descendants

• ⇒ Buryat: наар (naar)
• → Yakut: наара (naara)

Etymology 2

Noun

на́ры • (náry) m anim pl

1. nominative plural of нар (nar)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “нары”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress