[bàːɾda]
CilmeFrom 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).
- declension-4, femininebeard (hair that grows on the cheeks and chins)
“vaigu bārda” — sideburns (lit. cheek beard)
“sirma bārda” — gray beard
“kupla bārda” — bushy beard
- declension-4, femininebeard (hair, hair-like formation on the lower jaw)
“āža, kazas bārda” — goat beard
“bārdas zivs” — beard(ed) fish
Formasbārda(nominative, singular) · bārdas(nominative, plural) · bārdas(genitive, singular) · bārdu(genitive, plural) · bārdai(dative, singular) · bārdām(dative, plural) · bārdu(accusative, singular) · bārdas(accusative, plural) · bārdu(instrumental, singular) · bārdām(instrumental, plural) · bārdā(locative, singular) · bārdās(locative, plural) · bārda(singular, vocative) · bārdas(plural, vocative)