barda

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baʁ.da/

Noun

barda m (plural bardas)

1. (Quebec, slang) mess, jumble

Verb

barda

1. third-person singular past historic of barder

Anagrams

• brada

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾða̝/

Noun

barda f (plural bardas)

1. hedge

   Synonyms: bardal, sebe

2. stake for fencing; flagstone

   Synonyms: chanto, estaca, vargo

3. haystack

References

• “barda” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “barda” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “barda (zarrume)” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “barda” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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

• "barda" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “barda” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “barda” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Verb

barda

1. third-person singular present indicative of bardare
2. second-person singular imperative of bardare

Anagrams

• brada

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *borda, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂.

Noun

barda f

1. beard
2. chin

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbar.da/

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbar.daː/

References

• barda in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Etymology

Compare Spanish barda (“fence”).

Noun

barda f (plural bardas)

1. hedge

Etymology

Compare Portuguese barda (“hedge”).

Noun

barda f (plural bardas)

1. (Mexico) fence

   Synonyms: alambrada, alambrado, cerca, cerramiento, valla

2. barding

Noun

barda

1. definite locative singular of bar