Barba

See also: Appendix:Variations of "barba"

Breton

Proper noun

Barba f

1. a female given name

References

• Alain Stéphan, Tous les Prénoms bretons, 1996, Éditions Jean-Paul Gisserot, →ISBN, page 21

Cebuano

Proper noun

Barba

1. a surname

Faroese

Proper noun

Barba f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Barbara

Usage notes

Matronymics

• Barba's son: Barbuson
• Barba's daughter: Barbudóttir

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Barba
accusative	Barbu
dative	Barbu
genitive	Barbu

Latin

Etymology

From barba (“beard”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈbar.ba]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbar.ba]

Proper noun

Barba m sg (genitive Barbae); first declension

1. a Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Cassius Barba (a friend of Caesar, who gave Cicero guards for his villa, when Caesar paid him a visit in 44 BC)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Barba
genitive	Barbae
dative	Barbae
accusative	Barbam
ablative	Barbā
vocative	Barba

References

• “Barba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “2 Barba”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “207/2”

Plautdietsch

Etymology

Borrowed from English barber.

Noun

Barba m (plural Barbasch)

1. barber

   Synonym: Hoaschnieda