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bāris
bāris
Latvian
Noun
bāris m (2nd declension, feminine form: bāre)
- (rare, usually genitive) (male) orphan (a boy who has lost one or both parents)
- bāra bērns, bārabērns ― orphan child
- kļūt par bāri ― to become an orphan
- netrūkst starp viņiem arī bāra bērnu, kam karš nolaupījis mātes glāstu un tēva padomu ― among them, thereis no shortage of orphan children, from whom the war stole (their) mother's caresses and (their) father's advice
Declension
Declension of bāris (2nd declension)
Synonyms
Related terms
- bārs
References
- ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “bārs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7