barda

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaɾðɐ]

Etymology 1

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, perhaps from Proto-Celtic *wradyos (compare Welsh gwraidd, "root").^[1]

Etymology 2

From Arabic بَرْدَة (barda), ultimately from Middle Persian pltk' (pardag). Compare to Persian پرده (parde), Old Armenian պարտակ (partak), and Classical Syriac ܦܪܕܩܐ (pardəqā).

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “barda”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “barda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “barda (zarrume)”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “barda”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Alternative forms

• bárda (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English ward (with /w/ interpreted as lenited bh, and radical b derived from that by back-formation), from Old English weard (“guard, keeper”), from Proto-Germanic *warduz (“guard, keeper”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to heed, defend”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɑːɾˠdˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠæːɾˠdˠə/

Noun

barda m (genitive singular barda, nominative plural bardaí)

1. guard, warden
2. garrison
3. guardianship, ward

Mutation

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “barda”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “barda”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “barda”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbar.da/
• Rhymes: -arda
• Hyphenation: bàr‧da

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic بَرْدَعَة (bardaʕa, “packsaddle”).

Etymology 2

Further reading

• barda in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• brada

Pronunciation

• bārda: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbaːr.da/, [ˈbäːrd̪ä]
• bārda: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbar.da/, [ˈbärd̪ä]
• bārdā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbaːr.daː/, [ˈbäːrd̪äː]
• bārdā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbar.da/, [ˈbärd̪ä]

Adjective

bārda

1. inflection of bārdus:
   1. nominative/vocative singular feminine
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

bārdā

1. ablative singular feminine of bārdus

References

• "barda", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbar.da/

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• Rhymes: -arda
• Syllabification: bar‧da

Noun

barda n

1. inflection of bardo:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Noun

barda m pers

1. genitive/accusative singular of bard

Etymology

Compare Spanish barda (“fence”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bar‧da

Noun

barda f (plural bardas)

1. hedge

   Synonym: sebe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾda/ [ˈbaɾ.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -aɾda
• Syllabification: bar‧da

Etymology 1

Compare Portuguese barda (“hedge”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian barda, from Arabic بَرْدَعَة (bardaʕa, “packsaddle”).

Further reading

• “barda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Noun

barda

1. definite locative singular of bar