barus

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See also: bārus, and βαρύς

Esperanto

Verb

barus

  1. conditional of bari

Ido

Verb

barus

  1. conditional of barar

Latvian

Noun

barus m

  1. accusative plural of bars

Lithuanian

Noun

barus m

  1. accusative plural of baras

Welsh

Etymology

From bâr (desire, greed) +‎ -us, from Proto-Celtic *bar(an)- (fury, anger), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (pierce, strike).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

barus (feminine singular barus, plural barus, equative mor farus, comparative mwy barus, superlative mwyaf barus)

  1. greedy

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of barus
radical soft nasal aspirate
barus farus marus unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*bar(an)-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 56

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “barus”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies