# abar
## English
### Alternative forms

* abarre

### Etymology

From a- +‎ bar.

### Verb

abar (simple past and past participle abarred, other forms not attested)
* (transitive, obsolete) To bar, prohibit, or block.

### References

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

### Anagrams

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

## Basque
### Etymology

Unknown, the word is barely attested before the 20th century but is present in most dialects.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: /abar/ [a.β̞ar]
* Rhymes: -abar, -ar
* Hyphenation: a‧bar

### Noun

abar inan
* small branch
* (in the plural) firewood
* bagatelle, triviality

#### Derived terms

* abarka (“sandal”) (see there for further derivations)
* abarrakitu (“to break”)
* abarreria (“remains”)
* abarreztatu (“to cover with branches”)
* abarrots (“noise”)
* abartegi (“woodshed”)
* abartsu (“leafy”)
* abartu (“to ramify”)
* eta abar (“et cetera”)

### References

* ↑ “abar” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

### Further reading

* “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

## Cimbrian
### Etymology

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

### Adverb

abar
* (Sette Comuni) down
    Synonyms: abe, iidar
    Antonym: au
    khèmman abar ― to come down

### References

* “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

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈabar/ [ˈa.bar]
* Rhymes: -abar
* Syllabification: a‧bar
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay ابر (abar).

#### Noun

abar (plural abar-abar)
* wall
* brake
* the reason why intentions, plans, goals, etc. cannot be implemented

##### Derived terms

* abar-abar
* abaran
* berabarkan
* diabar
* mengabar
* terabar
* abar dinamik
* abar independen
* abar pintu
* abar udara

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Blagar [Term?].

#### Verb

abar
* to pick up small objects

### Further reading

* “abar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Irish
### Alternative forms

* eabar

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈabˠəɾˠ/

### Noun

abar m (genitive singular abair, nominative plural abair)
* boggy ground, morass

#### Declension

bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
abar
abair
vocative
a abair
a abara
genitive
abair
abar
dative
abar
abair
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an t-abar
na habair
genitive
an abair
na n-abar
dative
leis an abar don abar
leis na habair :
* Alternative plural: abracha

#### Derived terms

* abar tirim (“dried top material of bog”)
* abarach
* abracht
* fág san abar (“to leave in the lurch”)
* in abar (“bogged down, stuck in the mud; in a difficulty”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 370, page 125

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “abar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “abar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “abar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Javanese
### Romanization

abar
* Romanization of ꦲꦧꦂ

## Malay
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /abar/
** (Johor-Riau) IPA: [a.ba]
*** Audio (Malaysia):(file)
** (Baku) IPA: [a.bar]
*** Audio (Malaysia):(file)
* Rhymes: -bar, -ar
* Hyphenation: a‧bar

### Noun

abar (used in the form abar-abar)
* A wall.
    Synonym: dinding
    abar-abar merah ― red wall
* An obstruction.
    Synonyms: penghalang, penyekat

#### Affixations

* berabarkan (“to have as a wall”)

### Verb

abar (Jawi spelling ابر, formal active mengabar, 3rd person passive diabar)
* (transitive) To lessen, to alleviate.
    Synonyms: kurangkan, redakan
* (transitive) To obstruct.
    Synonyms: halang, sekat

### Descendants

* Indonesian: abar

### Further reading

* “abar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Old High German
### Etymology

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.

### Adjective

ābar
* sunny
* warm
* dry

#### Descendants

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

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From aba +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈba(ʁ)/ [aˈba(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈba(ʁ)/ [aˈba(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /aˈba(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /aˈba(ʁ)/ [aˈba(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /aˈba(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈbaɾ/ [ɐˈβaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈbaɾ/ [ɐˈβaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈba.ɾi/ [ɐˈβa.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: a‧bar

### Verb

abar (first-person singular present abo, first-person singular preterite abei, past participle abado)
* to put a brim on
* to adjust the brim of (a hat)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.