# баран
## Belarusian
### Etymology

From Old East Slavic баранъ (baranŭ), from Proto-Slavic *baranъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [baˈran]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

бара́н • (barán) m animal (genitive бара́на, nominative plural бара́ны, genitive plural бара́наў, relational adjective барано́вы, diminutive бара́нчык)
* ram (male domestic sheep)

#### Declension

$^1$Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

#### Derived terms

* бара́нчык (baránčyk)

### References

* “баран” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

## Macedonian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbaɾan]

### Participle

баран • (baran)
* masculine singular adjectival participle of бара (bara)

#### Declension
## Russian
### Alternative forms

* бара́нъ (barán) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

### Etymology

From Old East Slavic баранъ (baranŭ), from Proto-Slavic *baranъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bɐˈran]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

бара́н • (barán) m anim (genitive бара́на, nominative plural бара́ны, genitive plural бара́нов, relational adjective бара́ний, diminutive бара́шек or бара́нчик)
* ram (male domestic sheep)
    Synonym: (archaic) ове́н (ovén)
* sheep (an animal from the Ovis genus)
    толсторо́гий бара́н ― tolstorógij barán ― bighorn sheep
* (figurative) mule, donkey (a very stubborn and foolish person)

#### Derived terms

* бара́нина f (baránina)

##### Phrases

* в бара́ний рог (v baránij rog)
* вернёмся к на́шим бара́нам (vernjómsja k nášim baránam)
* как бара́н на но́вые воро́та (kak barán na nóvyje voróta)
** смотре́ть, как бара́н на но́вые воро́та (smotrétʹ, kak barán na nóvyje voróta)

#### Descendants

* → Kildin Sami: боаран (båran)
* → Ter Sami: поарран (poârrân)
* → Yakut: бараан (baraan)
* → Yup'ik: palanaq (“sheep”)

### Further reading

* Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “баран”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baranъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bǎran/
* Hyphenation: ба‧ран

### Noun

ба̀ран m (Latin spelling bàran)
* (regional) ram

#### Synonyms

* о́ван

### References

* “баран”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

From Old East Slavic баранъ (baranŭ), from Proto-Slavic *baranъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bɐˈran]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

бара́н • (barán) m animal (genitive барана́, nominative plural барани́, genitive plural барані́в, relational adjective бара́нячий, diminutive баране́ць or бара́нчик or баранча́ or бараня́)
* ram (male domestic sheep)

#### Declension
### References

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “баран”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* “баран”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)

## Yakut
### Etymology 1

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

#### Particle

баран • (baran)
* modal particle, expressing negation with a tinge of disapproval, and coming directly after the target word

### Etymology 2

Passive of бараа (baraa, “to spend”).

#### Verb

баран • (baran)
* (intransitive) to be spent, to be used up or exhausted, to run out
    Synonym: мэлий (meliy)

##### Usage notes

In English, it could be translated with the passive voice ("it ran out") or the active voice ("[someone] ran out of it").