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bard

See also: Bard, BARD, bárd, bàrd, Bård, bård, and barð

English

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Etymology 1

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Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-dʰh₁o-der.
Proto-Celtic *bardosder.
Old Irish bard
Scottish Gaelic bàrdder.
English bard

    First use appears c. 1449. From Scottish Gaelic bàrd, from Old Irish bard, from Proto-Celtic *bardos (“bard, poet”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (“praise”), and reinforced by Latin bardus, borrowed from Celtic. Cognate with Latin grātus (“grateful, pleasant, delightful”), Sanskrit गृणाति (gṛṇāti, “calls, praises”), Old Church Slavonic жрьти (žrĭti, “to sacrifice”).

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    bard (plural bards)

    1. A professional poet and singer, like among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.
      • 1837, Richard Llwyd, The Poetical Works of Richard Llwyd, the Bard of Snowdon‎[1]:
        He is a Welsh bard, and a man full of animation, anecdote, and independence; […]
      • 2023, Rundisc, Chants of Sennaar, Focus Entertainment, via Nintendo Switch, level/area: Gardens:
        A WEAPON, THE WARRIOR CARRIES. A SAW, THE IDIOT CARRIES. AN INSTRUMENT, THE BARD CARRIES.
    2. (by extension) A poet.
      Shakespeare is known as the bard of Avon.
    3. (roleplaying games, fantasy) A class of character that typically focuses on charisma, magic and supporting other players; a fantasy fiction character inspired by this archetype.
      • 2015 August 18, Tim Pratt, Pathfinder Tales: Reign of Stars, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 116:
        I saw a bard work a bit of magic once. He brought up a volunteer from the audience, insulted him in rather colorful fashion, and then made the man forget the insults—and then he did the same trick all over again, twice more.”
      • 2024 January 9, Kristy Boyce, Dungeons and Drama, Delacorte Press, →ISBN, page 66:
        "Having a bard would be even less helpful than having a second wizard," John interjects.
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    From French barde. English since the late 15th century.

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    bard (plural bards)

    1. A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. (Often in the plural.)
    2. Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms.
    3. (cooking) A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game.
    4. The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.
    5. Specifically, Peruvian bark.
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    bard (third-person singular simple present bards, present participle barding, simple past and past participle barded)

    1. To cover a horse in defensive armor.
      • 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 29:
        The defensive armor with which the horses of the ancient knights or men at arms were covered, or, to use the language of the time, barded, consisted of the following pieces made either of metal or jacked leather, the Chamfron, Chamfrein or Shaffron, the Criniere or Main Facre, the Poitrenal, Poitral or Breast Plate, and the Croupiere or Buttock Piece.
    2. (cooking) To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.

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    bard m (plural bards)

    1. bard (a professional poet and singer, like among the ancient Celts)

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    bard m anim

    1. bard (Celtic poet and singer)
    2. (by extension) bard, poet, spokesperson

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    Declension of bard (hard masculine animate)
    singular plural
    nominative bard bardi
    genitive barda bardů
    dative bardovi, bardu bardům
    accusative barda bardy
    vocative barde bardi
    locative bardovi, bardu bardech
    instrumental bardem bardy

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    Dutch

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      Borrowed either from German Barde or English bard. Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *bardos (“bard, poet”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (“praise”). Cognate with Latin grātus (“grateful, pleasant, delightful”), Sanskrit गृणाति (gṛṇāti, “calls, praises”), Old Church Slavonic жрьти (žrĭti, “to sacrifice”).

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      bard m (plural barden, no diminutive)

      1. bard, Celtic poet, singer

      French

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      Inherited from Middle French bard, from Old French béart, bayart, baiart, boieart, boyart, bayard (“stretcher”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from unattested *berard, from Frankish *berhard (“carrier”), from Frankish *beran (“to carry”) + *-hard.

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      bard m (plural bards)

      1. (dated) a sort of stretcher, with no wheels, used for transporting materials
      2. (dated) a sawhorse

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      Irish

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        From Old Irish bard, from Proto-Celtic *bardos.

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        bard m (genitive singular baird, nominative plural baird)

        1. poet (of a certain rank); bard
        2. scold

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        Declension of bard (first declension)
        bare forms
        singular plural
        nominative bard baird
        vocative a bhaird a bharda
        genitive baird bard
        dative bard baird
        forms with the definite article
        singular plural
        nominative an bard na baird
        genitive an bhaird na mbard
        dative leis an mbard
        don bhard         		leis na baird

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        Mutation

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        Mutated forms of bard
        radical lenition eclipsis
        bard bhard mbard

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

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        Ludian

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        Alternative forms

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        From Proto-Finnic *parta, borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bardā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰéh₂.

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        bard

        1. beard

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        Declension of bard (type 1a/tila, no gradation)
        singular plural
        nominative bard bardad
        genitive bardan bardoiden
        partitive bardad bardoid
        essive bardan bardoin
        instructive — bardoin
        inessive bardas bardoiš
        elative bardaspiä bardoišpiä
        illative bardah bardoihe
        adessive bardal bardoil
        ablative bardalpiä bardoilpiä
        allative bardale bardoile
        abessive bardata bardoita
        prolative bardači bardoiči
        translative bardaks bardoikš
        additive bardahpiä bardoihepiä
        *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)

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        • M. Pahomov (2022), “bard”, in Lüüdi-venän, venä-lüüdin sanakirdʹ‎[2], Helsinki: Lüüdilaine Siebr, →ISBN, page 21
        • Juho Kujola (1944), “bard”, in Lyydiläismurteiden sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 15

        Maltese

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        Root
        b-r-d
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        Old Armenian բուրդ (burd)bor.
        Arabic بَرْد (bard)
        Maltese bard

          Inherited from Arabic بَرْد (bard).

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          bard m (plural brud)

          1. chill; chill weather
            • 1949-1952, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Ħolma tan-Natura”, in Qasba mar-Riħ, published 1977:
              U meta tiġi x-xitwa erħilha teqred
              bir-rxiex, bis-silġ, bil-bard, bir-riħ u rwiefen
              il-ħlejjaq qodma: weraq sfajra u morda,
              u rix mitbiela,
              (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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          Manx

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          Etymology

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            From Old Irish bard, from Proto-Celtic *bardos.

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            bard m (genitive singular ?, plural bardyn)

            1. bard
            2. poet

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            Mutation of bard
            radical lenition eclipsis
            bard vard mard

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

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            bard

            1. alternative form of berd

            Norwegian Nynorsk

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            From Old Norse barð.

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            bard m (definite singular barden, indefinite plural bardar, definite plural bardane)

            1. an edge, rim, (river)bank
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            • “bard” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
            • “bard” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

            Old Irish

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              From Proto-Celtic *bardos.

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              bard m (genitive baird, nominative plural baird)

              1. bard
              2. poet

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              Masculine o-stem
              singular dual plural
              nominative bard bardL bairdL
              vocative baird bardL barduH
              accusative bardN bardL barduH
              genitive bairdL bard bardN
              dative bardL bardaib bardaib
              Initial mutations of a following adjective:
              • H = triggers aspiration
              • L = triggers lenition
              • N = triggers nasalization

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              • Irish: bard
              • Manx: bard
              • Scottish Gaelic: bàrd

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              Mutation of bard
              radical lenition nasalization
              bard bard
              pronounced with /β-/              		 mbard

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

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              Polish

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              Etymology 1

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                Borrowed from French barde, from Latin bardus, from Proto-Celtic *bardos (“bard”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (“to approve, praise”).

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                bard m pers

                1. (historical) bard (professional Celtic poet and singer whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men)
                2. (by extension) bard, poet, songster
                  Synonyms: poeta, piewca, wieszcz
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                Declension of bard
                singular plural
                nominative bard bardowie
                genitive barda bardów
                dative bardowi bardom
                accusative barda bardów
                instrumental bardem bardami
                locative bardzie bardach
                vocative bardzie bardowie

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                  See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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                  bard n

                  1. genitive plural of bardo

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                  • “bard”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
                  • “bard”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[4] (in Polish)

                  Romanian

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                    Borrowed from French barde, from Latin bardus.

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                    bard m (plural barzi)

                    1. bard

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                    singular plural
                    indefinite definite indefinite definite
                    nominative-accusative bard bardul barzi barzii
                    genitive-dative bard bardului barzi barzilor
                    vocative bardule barzilor

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

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                    bard c

                    1. bard (poet and singer)
                    2. (physiology, often in the plural) baleen

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                    Declension of bard
                    nominative genitive
                    singular indefinite bard bards
                    definite barden bardens
                    plural indefinite barder barders
                    definite barderna bardernas

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                    Etymology

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                    From Proto-Finnic *parta, borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bardā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰéh₂.

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                    bard

                    1. beard

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                    Inflection of bard (inflection type 5/sana)
                    nominative sing. bard
                    genitive sing. bardan
                    partitive sing. bardad
                    partitive plur. bardoid
                    singular plural
                    nominative bard bardad
                    accusative bardan bardad
                    genitive bardan bardoiden
                    partitive bardad bardoid
                    essive-instructive bardan bardoin
                    translative bardaks bardoikš
                    inessive bardas bardoiš
                    elative bardaspäi bardoišpäi
                    illative bardaha bardoihe
                    adessive bardal bardoil
                    ablative bardalpäi bardoilpäi
                    allative bardale bardoile
                    abessive bardata bardoita
                    comitative bardanke bardoidenke
                    prolative bardadme bardoidme
                    approximative I bardanno bardoidenno
                    approximative II bardannoks bardoidennoks
                    egressive bardannopäi bardoidennopäi
                    terminative I bardahasai bardoihesai
                    terminative II bardalesai bardoilesai
                    terminative III bardassai —
                    additive I bardahapäi bardoihepäi
                    additive II bardalepäi bardoilepäi

                    West Frisian

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                    Etymology

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                    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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                    bard

                    1. past participle of barre
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