bārenis

From bārs (“lonely”) +‎ -enis, possibly originally a diminutive form.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [bàːɾɛnis]

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bārenis m (2nd declension, feminine form: bārene)

1. (male) orphan (a boy who has lost one or both parents)

   apaļš bārenis ― full orphan (one who lost both parents)

   kļūt bārenim ― to become an orphan

   bāreņu aizbildnis ― orphan guardian

   pierādīt vajag, ka ir apaļš bārenis, ne tēva, ne mātes ― (he) needs to prove that he is a full orphan without father and mother

• bāra bērns, bārabērns
• (rare term) bāris

• (poetic) bārs