nabar

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nabar/ [na.β̞ar]
• Rhymes: -abar
• Hyphenation: na‧bar

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

nabar (comparative nabarrago, superlative nabarren, excessive nabarregi)

1. greyish-brown

   Synonyms: ñabar, pintarratu, pikart, pinto

2. varied, multifaceted

   Synonym: askotariko

3. ambiguous

   Synonym: anbiguo

4. (speech) dirty, foul, explicit

Declension

Declension of nabar (adjective, ending in -r)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		nabar	nabarra	nabarrak
ergative		nabarrek	nabarrak	nabarrek
dative		nabarri	nabarrari	nabarrei
genitive		nabarren	nabarraren	nabarren
comitative		nabarrekin	nabarrarekin	nabarrekin
causative		nabarrengatik	nabarrarengatik	nabarrengatik
benefactive		nabarrentzat	nabarrarentzat	nabarrentzat
instrumental		nabarrez	nabarraz	nabarrez
inessive	anim.	nabarrengan	nabarrarengan	nabarrengan
	inanim.	nabarretan	nabarrean	nabarretan
locative	anim.	—	—	—
	inanim.	nabarretako	nabarreko	nabarretako
allative	anim.	nabarrengana	nabarrarengana	nabarrengana
	inanim.	nabarretara	nabarrera	nabarretara
terminative	anim.	nabarrenganaino	nabarrarenganaino	nabarrenganaino
	inanim.	nabarretaraino	nabarreraino	nabarretaraino
directive	anim.	nabarrenganantz	nabarrarenganantz	nabarrenganantz
	inanim.	nabarretarantz	nabarrerantz	nabarretarantz
destinative	anim.	nabarrenganako	nabarrarenganako	nabarrenganako
	inanim.	nabarretarako	nabarrerako	nabarretarako
ablative	anim.	nabarrengandik	nabarrarengandik	nabarrengandik
	inanim.	nabarretatik	nabarretik	nabarretatik
partitive		nabarrik	—	—
prolative		nabartzat	—	—

Derived terms

• nabar-lore
• nabartasun
• nabartu

 

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

nabar inan

1. plowshare
2. furrow

Declension

Declension of nabar (inanimate, ending in -r)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	nabar	nabarra	nabarrak
ergative	nabarrek	nabarrak	nabarrek
dative	nabarri	nabarrari	nabarrei
genitive	nabarren	nabarraren	nabarren
comitative	nabarrekin	nabarrarekin	nabarrekin
causative	nabarrengatik	nabarrarengatik	nabarrengatik
benefactive	nabarrentzat	nabarrarentzat	nabarrentzat
instrumental	nabarrez	nabarraz	nabarrez
inessive	nabarretan	nabarrean	nabarretan
locative	nabarretako	nabarreko	nabarretako
allative	nabarretara	nabarrera	nabarretara
terminative	nabarretaraino	nabarreraino	nabarretaraino
directive	nabarretarantz	nabarrerantz	nabarretarantz
destinative	nabarretarako	nabarrerako	nabarretarako
ablative	nabarretatik	nabarretik	nabarretatik
partitive	nabarrik	—	—
prolative	nabartzat	—	—

Further reading

• “nabar”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, Euskaltzaindia
• “nabar”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Maltese

Root
n-b-r
4 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.bar/

Etymology 1

From Arabic نَبَرَ (nabara).

Verb

nabar (imperfect janbar, verbal noun nabar)

2. to display

   Synonym: nabbar

Conjugation

Conjugation of nabar
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	nabbart	nabbart	nabbar		nabbarna	nabbartu	nabbru
	f			nabbret
imperfect	m	nnabbar	tnabbar	jnabbar		nnabbru	tnabbru	jnabbru
	f			tnabbar
imperative			nabbar				nabbru

Etymology 2

From Arabic نَبْر (nabr).

Noun

nabar m (instance noun nabra)

1. verbal noun of nabar

Spanish

Adjective

nabar m or f (masculine and feminine plural nabares)

1. (relational) turnip

Noun

nabar m (plural nabares)

1. place where turnips are grown

Further reading

• “nabar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28