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• abarre

From a- +‎ bar.

abar (simple past and past participle abarred, other forms not attested) (obsolete)

1. (transitive) To bar, prohibit, or block.

• “abar, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

• Raab, arab, Abra, abra, arba, bara, Baar, Arab, raab

Unknown, the word is barely attested before the 20th century but is present in most dialects.^[1] Compare Iberian abaŕ as a possible cognate.

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• IPA^(key): /abar/ [a.β̞ar]
• Rhymes: -abar, -ar
• Hyphenation: a‧bar

abar inan

1. small branch
2. (in the plural) firewood
3. bagatelle, triviality

• “abar”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “abar”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

From abe, perhaps influenced by the synonym iidar. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

abar

1. (Sette Comuni) down

   Synonyms: abe, iidar

   Antonym: au

   khèmman abar ― to come down

• “abar” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974), Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈabar/ [ˈa.bar]

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• Rhymes: -abar
• Syllabification: a‧bar

Inherited from Malay abar.

abar (plural abar-abar)

1. (chiefly dialectal) synonym of dinding (“wall”)
2. (chiefly dialectal) synonym of rem (“brake”)
3. (dialectal) the reason why intentions, plans, goals, etc. cannot be implemented

Borrowed from Blagar.

abar

1. (dialectal) to pick up small objects

• “abar”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

• eabar

From Proto-Celtic *adberos, possibly via Brythonic (compare Welsh aber (“estuary”)).

• IPA^(key): /ˈabˠəɾˠ/^[1]

abar m (genitive singular abair, nominative plural abair)

1. boggy ground, morass

• Alternative plural: abracha

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “abar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “abar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “abar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

abar

1. romanization of ꦲꦧꦂ

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

• IPA^(key): /abar/
  • (Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard) IPA^(key): [a.ba]

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  • (Literary Standard) IPA^(key): [a.bar]

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• Rhymes: -bar, -ar
• Hyphenation: a‧bar

abar (used in the form abar-abar)

1. A wall.

   Synonym: dinding

   abar-abar merah ― red wall

2. An obstruction.

   Synonyms: penghalang, penyekat

abar (Jawi spelling ابر, formal active mengabar, 3rd person passive diabar)

1. (transitive) To lessen, to alleviate.

   Synonyms: kurangkan, redakan

2. (transitive) To obstruct.

   Synonyms: halang, sekat

• Indonesian: abar

• "abar" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Of obscure formation. Likely from an unrecorded verb *ābarēn (“to be uncovered, be bare”) or *ābarōn (“to uncover, lay bare, expose”), from ā- (“from, away, lacking, absent, reversal”) + bar (“bare”); or from a verb *āberan (“to not bear, not carry”). Probably influenced in meaning by Latin aprīcus.

ābar

1. sunny
2. warm
3. dry

• Middle High German: āber
  • Alemannic German: aaber, oober, ääber
  • Cimbrian: aapar
  • German: aper

From aba + -ar.

• Hyphenation: a‧bar

abar (first-person singular present abo, first-person singular preterite abei, past participle abado)

1. to put a brim on
2. to adjust the brim of (a hat)

• “abar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “abar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026