bard

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 Verb 2 Irish 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Declension 2.2.2 Mutation 3 Maltese 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Adjective 4 Scottish Gaelic 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Pronunciation 4.3 Noun 4.3.1 Declension 4.4 References

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /bɑː(ɹ)d/, SAMPA: /ba:(r)d/
• (US) IPA: [bɑɹd], SAMPA: /bArd/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)d

[edit] Noun

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bard (plural bards)

1. A professional poet and singer, as among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.
   • 1924: ARISTOTLE. Metaphysics. Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Available at: <http://www.classicallibrary.org/aristotle/metaphysics/>. Book 1, Part 2.

     But the divine power cannot be jealous (nay, according to the proverb, 'bards tell a lie'),

2. Hence: A poet; as, the bard of Avon.
3. (armor) A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. (Often in the plural.)
4. (armor) Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms.
5. (Cookery) A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game.
6. The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.
7. Specifically, Peruvian bark.

[edit] Derived terms

• bardic

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to bard (third-person singular simple present bards, present participle barding, simple past and past participle barded)

1. (armor) To cover a horse in defensive armor.

   Quotations

   • 1786: The defensive armor with which the horses of the ancient knights or men at arms were covered, or, to use the language of the time, barded, consisted of the following pieces made either of metal or jacked leather, the Chamfron, Chamfrein or Shaffron, the Criniere or Main Facre, the Poitrenal, Poitral or Breast Plate, and the Croupiere or Buttock Piece. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 29.

2. (Cookery) To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.

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[edit] Irish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [bˠaːɾˠd̪ˠ]

[edit] Noun

bard m.

1. a poet or bard

[edit] Declension

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative bard baird Vocative a bhaird a bharda Genitive baird bard Dative bard baird

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an bard na baird Genitive an bhaird na mbard Dative leis an mbard don bhard leis na baird

[edit] Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bard	bhard	mbard
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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[edit] Maltese

[edit] Etymology

From Arabic بارد (bārid).

[edit] Adjective

bard

1. cold

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[edit] Scottish Gaelic

[edit] Etymology

Irish bárd', Early Irish bard, Welsh bardd, Breton barz, Gaulish bardos, *bardo-s; Greek φράζω (“‘speak’”) ( φραδ-),

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [bɑːrd]

[edit] Noun

bàrd m

1. a poet or bard

[edit] Declension

First declension; forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an bàrd	na bàird
Vocative	a bhàird	a bhàrdain
Genitive	an bhàird	na bàird
Dative	leis a' bhàrd	leis na bàird

[edit] References

An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Alexander MacBain, Gairm Publications, 1982