баран

From Old East Slavic баранъ (baranŭ), from Proto-Slavic *baranъ.

• IPA^(key): [baˈran]

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бара́н • (barán) m animal (genitive бара́на, nominative plural бара́ны, genitive plural бара́наў, relational adjective барано́вы, diminutive бара́нчык)

1. ram (male domestic sheep)

• бара́нчык (baránčyk)

• “баран” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaɾan]

баран • (baran)

1. masculine singular adjectival participle of бара (bara)

• бара́нъ (barán) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

From Old East Slavic баранъ (baranŭ), from Proto-Slavic *baranъ.

• IPA^(key): [bɐˈran]

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бара́н • (barán) m anim (genitive бара́на, nominative plural бара́ны, genitive plural бара́нов, relational adjective бара́ний, diminutive бара́шек or бара́нчик)

1. ram (male domestic sheep)

   Synonym: (archaic) ове́н (ovén)

2. sheep (an animal from the Ovis genus)

   толсторо́гий бара́н ― tolstorógij barán ― bighorn sheep

3. (figurative) mule, donkey (a very stubborn and foolish person)

• бара́нина f (baránina)
• бара́шек m anim or m inan (barášek)

Phrases

• в бара́ний рог (v baránij rog)
• вернёмся к на́шим бара́нам (vernjómsja k nášim baránam)
• как бара́н на но́вые воро́та (kak barán na nóvyje voróta)
  • смотре́ть, как бара́н на но́вые воро́та (smotrétʹ, kak barán na nóvyje voróta)

• → Kildin Sami: боаран (båran)
• → Ter Sami: поарран (poârrân)
• → Yakut: бараан (baraan)
• → Yup'ik: palanaq (“sheep”)

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “баран”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baranъ.

• IPA^(key): /bǎran/
• Hyphenation: ба‧ран

ба̀ран m anim (Latin spelling bàran)

1. (regional) ram

• о́ван

• “баран”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

From Old East Slavic баранъ (baranŭ), from Proto-Slavic *baranъ.

• IPA^(key): [bɐˈran]

• Audio:

  (file)

бара́н • (barán) m animal (genitive барана́, nominative plural барани́, genitive plural барані́в, relational adjective бара́нячий, diminutive баране́ць or бара́нчик or баранча́ or бараня́)

1. ram (male domestic sheep)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “баран”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “баран”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)

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баран • (baran)

1. modal particle, expressing negation with a tinge of disapproval, and coming directly after the target word

Passive of бараа (baraa, “to spend”).

баран • (baran)

1. (intransitive) to be spent, to be used up or exhausted, to run out

   Synonym: мэлий (meliy)

In English, it could be translated with the passive voice ("it ran out") or the active voice ("[someone] ran out of it").