# mbarë
## Albanian
### Alternative forms

* mar — Gheg

### Etymology

From mbar (“I bring (back), return”) (from Proto-Albanian *en-bara; further related to Albanian mbart (“I bear, carry”), mbaroj (“I finish, complete, end, fulfill, comply”), mbaj (“I carry, hold”)).
Orel disagrees with Meyer; proposed it as a tabooistically used loanword for Latin impar (“uneven, unequal”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /(ˈ)mbaɾ(ə)/, [mbaːɹ] (Standard)
* IPA: /mɑ̃ːɹ/, /mãːɹ/ (Gheg)

### Adverb

mbárë
* favourably, propitiously; felicitously; frontally
    Synonym: përparme
    Antonyms: mbrapsht, keq
* properly, right, well, as it should be; right
    Synonyms: drejt, mirë, përshtatshëm, shtat, mjaft
    Antonyms: mbrapsht, keq
    doli mbarë ― (it) turned out as it should (be)
    veshur mbarë ― nicely dressed
* forth
    pyeti mbarë e mbrapsht ― asked back and forth
* entirely, completely, wholly, all, fully; in full, to the full
    Synonyms: gjithë, tërë, krejt

### Adjective

i mbarë (feminine plural të mbára)
* (up)right, proper, appropriate, correct, orderly; front (side of an object)
    Antonym: prapmë
* (greeting) nice, good
    Udha (e) mbarë! ― Have a nice trip!
    Dita (e) mbarë! ― Have a good day!
* good, proper, well (associated with health, growth, development, harvesting)
    drithëra të mbara ― good cereals
* obedient, wise, proper, descent, well behaved (associated with character, personality, behaviour)
    Synonyms: urtë, sjellshëm, dëgjueshëm
    Antonym: prapë
    njeri i mbarë ― well behaved/descent person
* (figurative) lucky, happy, good, auspicious
    Synonyms: lumtur, bardhë
    një shenjë e mbarë ― a lucky sign
* whole, entire (also as an adverb; "wholly, entirely, completely", etc.)
    mbarë bota ― whole world
    mbarë populli ― entire population

### Prefix

mbarë- m
* all-, whole- (as a prefix; for adjectives and nouns)
    Synonyms: gjithë, tërë, tërësisht
    mbarëpopullor, mbarëshoqëror ― (literally:) 'all-popular', 'all-social'

### Noun

mbárë f (definite (e) mbára)
* right/good side
    Antonym: prapë
    nga e mbara ― to the good side
* good
    Synonyms: mbarësi, mirësi
    Antonyms: keqja, prapësi
    Të priftë e mbara! ― May the good lead you!
* (archaic, dialect) harvest (common among Arbëresh people (Italy) and Arvanites (Greece))
    Synonyms: korrje, korra

### Noun

mbarë n (plural mbárët, definite mbárët, definite plural të mbárët)
* the good/right side or being (of something)
    Synonyms: mbarësi, mirësi

### Derived terms

* mbaresë f
* mbarësi f
* mbarësim m
* mbarësoj, mbarësohem
* mbarësuar
* mbari
* mbarështoj, mbarështohet
* mbarështuar
* mbarëshqiptar
* mbarëpopullor
* mbarëshoqëror

### Related terms

* mbaroj, mbarohet
* mbarim m
* mbaruar
* mbarueshëm m, mbarueshme f
** pambarueshëm m, pambarueshme f
* mbart, mbartem
* mbartje f
* mbartur
* mbartës m, mbartëse f

### Descendants

* Greek: Μπαρος (Baros, “lucky, happy”) (nickname)

### References

* ↑ Meyer, G. (1891) “mbarë”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 35
* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mbarë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 248
* ↑ Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Baros”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 104, column 2.

### Further reading

* adverb (mbárë); adjective (mbárë (i, e)); prefix (mbarë-); noun (mbár/ë,-a (e) f. & mbárë,-t (të) n.) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)