barr

Irish (Donegal)

/bˠɑːɾˠ/, /bˠæːɾˠ/

noun
Definitions
  • tip, head, point
  • top; summit
  • upper part
  • surface
  • coating; cream, scum
  • (agriculture) crop, cut, yield
  • yield, result
  • addition, excess
  • superiority
  • extremity
  • of wavelength crest

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish barr (produce, tip, crop, top, end, point) inherited from Proto-Celtic *barros (summit, top) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- (tip, point).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰers-

Gloss

tip, point

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji
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