Barba

See also: Appendix:Variations of "barba"

Breton

Proper noun

Barba

1. a female given name

References

• Alain Stéphan, Tous les Prénoms bretons, 1996, Éditions Jean-Paul Gisserot, →ISBN, page 21

Cebuano

Proper noun

Barba

1. a surname

Faroese

Proper noun

Barba f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Barbara

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Barba: Barbuson
• daughter Barba: Barbudóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Barba
Accusative	Barbu
Dative	Barbu
Genitive	Barbu

Latin

Etymology

From barba (“beard”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbar.ba/, [ˈbärbä]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbar.ba/, [ˈbärbä]

Proper noun

Barba m sg (genitive Barbae); first declension

1. a Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Cassius Barba (a friend of Caesar, who gave Cicero guards for his villa, when Caesar paid him a visit in 44 BC)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Barba
Genitive	Barbae
Dative	Barbae
Accusative	Barbam
Ablative	Barbā
Vocative	Barba

References

• “Barba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• 2 Barba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.: “207/2”

Plautdietsch

Noun

Barba m (plural Barbasch)

1. barber