barka

See also: Barka, barką, and bárka

Hausa

Etymology

From Arabic بَرَكَة (baraka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bár.kàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [bár.kàː]

Interjection

bar̃kā̀

1. A general greeting.

   Barka da safiya!

   Good morning!

Related terms

• àlbar̃kā̀ (“blessing”)

Hungarian

barka

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒrkɒ]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: bar‧ka
• Rhymes: -kɒ

Noun

barka (plural barkák)

1. catkin, ament

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	barka	barkák
accusative	barkát	barkákat
dative	barkának	barkáknak
instrumental	barkával	barkákkal
causal-final	barkáért	barkákért
translative	barkává	barkákká
terminative	barkáig	barkákig
essive-formal	barkaként	barkákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	barkában	barkákban
superessive	barkán	barkákon
adessive	barkánál	barkáknál
illative	barkába	barkákba
sublative	barkára	barkákra
allative	barkához	barkákhoz
elative	barkából	barkákból
delative	barkáról	barkákról
ablative	barkától	barkáktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	barkáé	barkáké
non-attributive possessive – plural	barkáéi	barkákéi

Possessive forms of barka

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	barkám	barkáim
2nd person sing.	barkád	barkáid
3rd person sing.	barkája	barkái
1st person plural	barkánk	barkáink
2nd person plural	barkátok	barkáitok
3rd person plural	barkájuk	barkáik

Further reading

• (catkin): barka in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• (the topmost layer or surface of finished leather): barka in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• barka in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Icelandic

Noun

barka

1. indefinite genitive plural of börkur

Ladino

Etymology

From Latin barca.

Noun

barka f (plural barkas)

1. small boat

Derived terms

• barkero

Maltese

Root
b-r-k
6 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَرَكَة (baraka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbar.ka/
• Rhymes: -arka

Noun

barka f (plural barkiet)

1. blessing

Derived terms

• barka t’Alla

Old Norse

Noun

barka

1. genitive plural definite of bǫrkr

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin barca. Doublet of bark.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbar.ka/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -arka
• Syllabification: bar‧ka

Noun

barka f (related adjective barkowy)

1. barge (large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo)

Declension

Declension of barka

	singular	plural
nominative	barka	barki
genitive	barki	barek
dative	barce	barkom
accusative	barkę	barki
instrumental	barką	barkami
locative	barce	barkach
vocative	barko	barki

Derived terms

nouns

• barkowiec

Further reading

• barka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• barka in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian barca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bâːrka/
• Hyphenation: bar‧ka

Noun

bȃrka f (Cyrillic spelling ба̑рка)

1. boat (especially at the Adriatic)

Declension

Declension of barka

	singular	plural
nominative	bȃrka	barke
genitive	barke	barka / barki
dative	barci	barkama
accusative	barku	barke
vocative	barko	barke
locative	barci	barkama
instrumental	barkom	barkama

Further reading

• “barka”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian barca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /báːrka/

Noun

bȃrka f

1. boat

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	bárka
gen. sing.	bárke
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	bárka	bárki	bárke
genitive (rodȋlnik)	bárke	bárk	bárk
dative (dajȃlnik)	bárki	bárkama	bárkam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	bárko	bárki	bárke
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	bárki	bárkah	bárkah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	bárko	bárkama	bárkami

Slovincian

Etymology

Etymology tree

German Barkbor.

Slovincian barka

Borrowed from German Bark.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbar.ka/
• Rhymes: -arka
• Syllabification: bar‧ka

Noun

barka f (related adjective barkôwy)

1. (nautical) barque (sailing vessel of three or more masts, with all masts but the sternmost square-rigged, the sternmost being fore-and-aft-rigged)

Further reading

• Lorentz, Friedrich (1908), “bãrkă”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 16

Southern Dagaare

Interjection

barka

1. thank you

References

• barka - Dagara-English Dictionary

Swedish

Etymology

bark +‎ -a

Verb

barka (present barkar, preterite barkade, supine barkat, imperative barka)

1. to debark (remove bark from)
2. to go (often of a development or the like)

   Vi förstod vartåt det barkade

   We understood where things were going

   barka åt helvete

   gå åt helvete

Conjugation

Conjugation of barka (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	barka		barkas
supine	barkat		barkats
imperative	barka		—
imper. plural1	barken		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	barkar	barkade	barkas	barkades
ind. plural1	barka	barkade	barkas	barkades
subjunctive2	barke	barkade	barkes	barkades
present participle		barkande
past participle		barkad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• barkhyvel
• ringbarka

Related terms

• barkning

See also

• barka vall

References

• barka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• barka in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• barka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• Barak, bakar