baar

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See also: Baar, bår, and -baar

Afrikaans[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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[edit]

baar (present baar, present participle barende, past participle gebaar)

  1. to give birth to; to bear
Usage notes[edit]
  • 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[edit]

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[edit]

baar (plural bare)

  1. stretcher; litter; bier.

Etymology 3[edit]

From Dutch baar, from Middle Dutch bâre. Possibly identical with etymology 2.

Noun[edit]

baar (plural bare)

  1. big wave; breaker.
Synonyms[edit]

Etymology 4[edit]

From Dutch baar, from Middle Dutch bare, from Old French barre. Cognate with German Barren, English bar.

Noun[edit]

baar (plural bare)

  1. bar (of metal)

Etymology 5[edit]

From Malay baru (“new”), in part directly, in part through the Dutch nominalisation baar (“newcomer”).

Adjective[edit]

baar (attributive bare, comparative baarder, superlative baarste)

  1. inexperienced

References[edit]

Cimbrian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German wār, from Old High German wār, from Proto-Germanic *wēraz (“true”). Cognate with German wahr, Dutch waar, German Low German wahr, West Frisian wier.

Adjective[edit]

baar

  1. (Sette Comuni) true
    De khimmest, is baar?
    You're coming, right?
    (literally, “You come, is true?”)

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • “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

Crimean Gothic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

baar

  1. child or boy

Crimean Tatar[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Persian بهار‎ (bahâr).

Noun[edit]

baar (Cyrillic spelling баарь)

  1. spring

Declension[edit]

Declension of baar
singular plural
nominative baar baarler
genitive baarniñ baarlerniñ
dative baarge baarlerge
accusative baarni baarlerni
locative baarde baarlerde
ablative baarden baarlerden

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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[edit]

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.
    Synonym: draagbaar
  2. A bed on which a dead person is displayed before he is buried.
    • 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:
    Synonyms: lijkbaar, lijkbed
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • → Papiamentu: baar (dated)

Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle Dutch bare, from Old French barre.

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

baar f (plural baren, diminutive baartje n)

  1. (poetic, archaic, mostly used in the plural) A wave.
    • 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
    Synonym: golf
Descendants[edit]

Etymology 4[edit]

Related to bar (“bare”).

Adjective[edit]

baar (not comparable)

  1. Said of money; cash.
    • Ik heb geen baar geld bij me.
      I have no cash on me.
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of baar
uninflected baar
inflected bare
comparative —
positive
predicative/adverbial baar
indefinite m./f. sing. bare
n. sing. baar
plural bare
definite bare
partitive baars

Etymology 5[edit]

Borrowed from Malay baru.

Noun[edit]

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 quote)
    • 1932, Uit de eerste marinejaren van Dirk Jan, Batteljee & Terpstra, pages 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 quote)
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 6[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

baar

  1. first-person singular present indicative of baren
  2. imperative of baren

Estonian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From English bar.

Noun[edit]

baar (genitive baari, partitive baari)

  1. bar, pub
Inflection[edit]
Declension of baar (type riik)
singular plural
nominative baar baarid
genitive baari baaride
partitive baari baare / baarisid
illative baari / baarisse baaridesse / baaresse
inessive baaris baarides / baares
elative baarist baaridest / baarest
allative baarile baaridele / baarele
adessive baaril baaridel / baarel
ablative baarilt baaridelt / baarelt
translative baariks baarideks / baareks
terminative baarini baarideni
essive baarina baaridena
abessive baarita baarideta
comitative baariga baaridega

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

baar (genitive baari, partitive baari)

  1. bar (unit of pressure)
Inflection[edit]
Declension of baar (type riik)
singular plural
nominative baar baarid
genitive baari baaride
partitive baari baare / baarisid
illative baari / baarisse baaridesse / baaresse
inessive baaris baarides / baares
elative baarist baaridest / baarest
allative baarile baaridele / baarele
adessive baaril baaridel / baarel
ablative baarilt baaridelt / baarelt
translative baariks baarideks / baareks
terminative baarini baarideni
essive baarina baaridena
abessive baarita baarideta
comitative baariga baaridega

Further reading[edit]

Manx[edit]

Noun[edit]

baar m (genitive singular baar, plural baaryn)

  1. crop, yield

Mutation[edit]

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
baar vaar maar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Pennsylvania German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare German bar, English bare.

Adjective[edit]

baar

  1. bare
  2. naked

Yola[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English bare, from Old English bær, from Proto-West Germanic *baʀ.

Alternative forms[edit]

Adjective[edit]

baar

  1. bare
    • 1927, “LAMENT OF A WIDOW”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, line 3:
      Or to a baar walles o Laady's Ilone?.
      Or to the bare walls of Lady's Island.

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

baar

  1. Alternative form of ber (“to bear”)
    • 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, line 5:
      Wu canna baar to gow aveel,
      We cannot bear to go abroad,

References[edit]

  • Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 130 & 131
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