Czech

Proper noun

Bára f

1. A pet form of the female given names Barbora and Barbara.

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɑːɹa/
• Rhymes: -ɔɑːɹa
• Homophone: bára

Etymology

From Old Norse bára (‘billow, wave’)

Proper noun

Bára f

1. (Norse mythology) Bára, one of the nine daughters of Ægir.
2. A female given name in the Faroe Islands and Iceland.

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Bára: Báruson
• daughter of Bára: Báru

Declension

See also

• Bylgja

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpauːra/

  Rhymes: -auːra

  Homophone: bára

Proper noun

Bára f

1. A female given name

Declension

Faroese

Noun

bára f (genitive singular báru, plural bárur)

1. a single little wave, billow

   Tað er ikki bára á sjónum.

   It is totally calm.

   Sjáldan er ein báran støk.

   “When it rains, it pours.”

Synonyms

• alda, smábrot

Declension

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bára ‎(“billow, wave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpauːra/

  Rhymes: -auːra

  Homophone: Bára

Noun

bára f ‎(genitive singular báru, nominative plural bárur)

1. wave

Declension

Derived terms

• sigla milli skers og báru (to sit on the fence, to take the middle road)
• sjaldan er ein báran stök (it never rains but it pours)
• þungur á bárunni (unyielding)

Northern Sami

Noun

bára

1. bar (public house)

Inflection

Old Norse

Noun

bára f

1. wave, billow

Derived terms

• báróttr

Descendants

• Faroese : bára
• Icelandic: bára

References

• Entry "bára" on page 45 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).