בר
Aramaic
Noun
בַּר • (bar)
Preposition
בַּר • (bar)
Hebrew
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /baʁ/
Etymology 1
| Root |
|---|
| ב־ר־ר (b-r-r) |
| 4 terms |
From ב־ר־ר (b-r-r).
Noun
בָּר • (bar) m [pattern: קֶטֶל]
Derived terms
- לבור את הבר מן התבן (lavór et habár min hatéven)
Proper noun
בַּר • (bar) m or f [pattern: קֶטֶל]
- a male or female given name, Bar
- a surname
Adjective
בַּר • (bar) (feminine בָּרָה, masculine plural בָּרִים, feminine plural בָּרוֹת) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
Etymology 2
From Aramaic בַּר (bar), singular construct form of בְּרָא (bərā, “son”). Doublet of בֵּן (bēn).
Prefix
בַּר • (bar)
- having a certain trait, -able
Derived terms
- בר מצווה (bár mitsvá)
Etymology 3
From Proto-Semitic *barr-. Compare Arabic بَرّ (barr, “outside, dry land”).
Noun
בַּר • (bar) m [pattern: קֶטֶל]
- Outside, outdoors, wilderness
- הילדים הלכו לשחק בבר.
- ha-y'ladim halkhú l'sakhék ba-bár.
- The children went to play in the out-of-doors.
Derived terms
- חַיַּת בַּר / חיית בר (khayát bár, “wild animal”)
- בַּר מִינַן (bár minán, “may it not happen to us”)
- אֵין תּוֹכוֹ כְּבָרוֹ (én tokhó kevaró, “hypocrite”)
Etymology 4
Noun
בָּר • (bar) m
- bar (a business selling alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises, or the premises themselves; a public house)
Etymology 5
From Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”), via English bar and cognates.
Noun
בַּר • (bar) m
References
- “בר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
- בר on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he