bāris

Etymology

From the same stem as bārs (“lonely”) (q.v.), made into a second declension masculine noun (ending -is).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bàːɾis]

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Noun

bāris m (2nd declension, feminine form: bāre)

1. (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

Verb

bāris

1. (with the particle esot) past conjunctive form of bārt
2. (with the particle būtu) past conditional form of bārt

Participle

bāris (def. bārušais)

1. having scolded; indefinite past active participle of bārt 

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