senbarba

Esperanto

Etymology

From sen- (“without”) +‎ barbo (“beard”) +‎ -a (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /senˈbarba/
  • Rhymes: -arba
  • Hyphenation: sen‧bar‧ba

Adjective

senbarba (accusative singular senbarban, plural senbarbaj, accusative plural senbarbajn)

  1. beardless
    • 2015 [1966], J. R. R. Tolkien, chapter 1, in Christopher Gledhill, transl., La Hobito [The Hobbit] (hardcover; overall work in Esperanto), Scotland: Evertype, →ISBN, page 2:
      Hobitoj estas senbarbaj.
      Hobbits are beardless.
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