bár

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See also: bar, bár-, bär, bår, Bar, and Bär

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aːr
  • Hyphenation: bár

Etymology 1

Shortened from the archaic adverb sense of bátor (“although, though”). Compare ámbátor, ámbár.

Conjunction

bár

  1. although, though
    Synonyms: noha, habár, ámbár, jóllehet

Particle

bár

  1. if only
    Synonym: bárcsak
Derived terms

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Etymology 2

Via English bar and German Bar (“bar, nightclub”), from Old French barre (“beam, bar, gate, barrier”).

Noun

bár (plural bárok)

  1. bar, nightclub
Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative bár bárok
accusative bárt bárokat
dative bárnak bároknak
instrumental bárral bárokkal
causal-final bárért bárokért
translative bárrá bárokká
terminative bárig bárokig
essive-formal bárként bárokként
essive-modal — —
inessive bárban bárokban
superessive báron bárokon
adessive bárnál bároknál
illative bárba bárokba
sublative bárra bárokra
allative bárhoz bárokhoz
elative bárból bárokból
delative bárról bárokról
ablative bártól bároktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		báré bároké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		báréi bárokéi
Possessive forms of bár
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. bárom bárjaim
2nd person sing. bárod bárjaid
3rd person sing. bárja bárjai
1st person plural bárunk bárjaink
2nd person plural bárotok bárjaitok
3rd person plural bárjuk bárjaik
Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 bár in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • (although; if only): bár in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • (bar, nightclub): bár in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • bár in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Ngam

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Sara *nə̰̀-blə̀

Pronunciation

Noun

bár

  1. crotch (of person, clothing)
    Ngán gē kāy-ī bár njālā-dɨ́
    The children have ripped the crotches of their pants.

Synonyms

References

  • Keegan, John (2014). The Eastern Sara Languages. Cuenca, Spain: Morkeg Books. p. 224.
  • Mudiwa, Olukayode (2001). An Analysis of Proto-Sara. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Addis Ababa Books. p. 159.
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