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Barr

See also: barr, barr-, and bàrr

English

Proper noun

Barr

A surname.
A commune in Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France.
A village in Scotland.

barr

See also: Barr, bàrr, and barr-

Irish

Noun

barr m ‎(genitive singular bairr, nominative plural barra)

top, summit, head, tip
(agriculture) crop, cut, yield
(of wavelength) crest

Declension

Declension of barr

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	barr	barra
Vocative	a bhairr	a bharra
Genitive	bairr	barr
Dative	barr	barra

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an barr	na barra
Genitive	an bhairr	na mbarr
Dative	leis an mbarr don bharr	leis na barra

Derived terms

Terms derived from barr

ar barr do theanga, ar barr do ghoib ‎(“on the tip of one’s tongue”)
ar bharr ‎(“on top of; completely”)
bain barr de ‎(“to vie with”)
barr ar ‎(“in excess of”)
barr bua ‎(“supremacy, victory”)
barr cátha ‎(“oat-husk tea”)
barr- ‎(“outstanding, extraordinary”)
barr láin, barr taoide ‎(“high tide”)
beir barr ‎(“to surpass, overcome”)

bun agus barr ‎(“the whole essence”)
bun barr ‎(“completely”)
cé dhá bharr? ‎(“why?”)
dá bharr ‎(“gained”)
dá bharr sin ‎(“consequently”)
de bharr ar ‎(“in addition to; in preference to”)
de bharr go ‎(“because”)
de bharr ‎(“because of”)
dul i mbarr ‎(“to deprive”)

i mbarr d’anama ‎(“with all one’s strength”)
i mbarr do chéille ‎(“out of one’s senses”)
ó bhun go barr ‎(“completely, from top to bottom”)
príomhbharr ‎(“main crop”)
tabhair ar barr ‎(“to bring up, mention”)
tabhair barr ‎(“to surpass, excel”)
thar barr amach ‎(“outright, completely”)
thar barr ‎(“excellent, exceedingly”)
uchtbharr ‎(“parapet”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
barr	bharr	mbarr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Middle Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *barros (compare Irish barr), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰers-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bar/

Noun

barr m ‎(plural barriau)

top
summit, crest

Old Norse

Noun

barr n

acicular leaves, needles (of te fir or pine)
barley

Descendants

Derived terms

barraxlaðr (high-shouldered, with sharp, prominent shoulderbones)
barrviðr (pine-forrest; the wood of the fir)

References

barr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Entry "barr" on page 43 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).

Romani

Noun

barr m ‎(plural barr)

stone

Derived terms

barrari
barruno

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse barr

Noun

barr n

needle; leaf of a coniferous tree
(dated, slang, uncountable) hair

Declension

Inflection of barr
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	barr	barret	barr	barren
Genitive	barrs	barrets	barrs	barrens

Related terms

barra
granbarr
tallbarr

Noun

barr c

(gymnastics) parallel bars

Declension

Inflection of barr
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	barr	barren	barrar	barrarna
Genitive	barrs	barrens	barrars	barrarnas

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Definition 2024

Barr

Barr

English

Proper noun

barr

barr

Irish

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Middle Welsh

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Old Norse

Noun

Descendants

Derived terms

References

Romani

Noun

Derived terms

Swedish

Etymology

Noun

Declension

Related terms

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