bārda

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]

• IPA^(key): [bàːɾda]

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bārda f (4th declension)

1. (anatomy) beard (hair that grows on the cheeks and chins)

   vaigu bārda ― sideburns (lit. cheek beard)

   sirma bārda ― gray beard

   kupla bārda ― bushy beard

   skūt bārdu ― to shave a beard

   audzēt bārdu ― to grow (lit. raise) a beard

   biezi, melni bārdas rugāji noseguši zodu un vaigus ― thick, black beard stubbles covered (his) chin and cheeks

2. (of animals) beard (hair, hair-like formation on the lower jaw)

   āža, kazas bārda ― goat beard

   bārdas zivs ― beard(ed) fish

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