bārda

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See also: barda, bárda, and bārdā

Latvian

 bārda on Latvian Wikipedia
Bārda
Kazas bārda

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *bardā́ˀ (with lengthening: *-àr- > -ā̀r-), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰéh₂ (beard), from the stem *bʰar- (projecting forward; tip, point; bristle, awn), which is perhaps a form of *bʰer- (to cut, to grate, to split, to hit). Cognates include Lithuanian barzdà (< *barzdā-, a parallel form of *bardā-, with an extra z perhaps because of d:zd phonetic variation), Old Prussian bordus, Proto-Slavic *borda (Old Church Slavonic брада (brada), Russian борода (boroda), Czech brada (beard, chin), Polish broda (beard, chin)), Proto-Germanic *bardaz (German Bart, English beard), Latin barba (< *farβā) (French barbe, Italian barba).[1]

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Noun

bārda f (4th declension)

  1. (anatomy) beard (hair that grows on the cheeks and chins)
    vaigu bārdasideburns (lit. cheek beard)
    sirma bārdagray beard
    kupla bārdabushy beard
    skūt bārduto shave a beard
    audzēt bārduto grow (lit. raise) a beard
    biezi, melni bārdas rugāji noseguši zodu un vaigusthick, black beard stubbles covered (his) chin and cheeks
  2. (of animals) beard (hair, hair-like formation on the lower jaw)
    āža, kazas bārdagoat beard
    bārdas zivsbeard(ed) fish

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References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “bārda”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN