barva

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German varwe. Compare modern German Farbe, Dutch verf, Polish barwa, Polish farba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbarva]
• Rhymes: -arva
• Hyphenation: bar‧va

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Noun

barva f

1. color

   Chci jinou barvu. ― I want a different color.

2. paint (liquid)
3. ink (printing)
4. suit (in card games)
5. (poker) flush
6. (heraldry) color, tincture
7. (hunting) blood (of hunted animals and hunting dogs)

Derived terms

• barevník m
• barevný m
• barvitý m

 

Descendants

• → Old Polish: barwa
  • Polish: barwa
    • → Belarusian: ба́рва (bárva)
    • → Ukrainian: ба́рва (bárva)

See also

Colors in Czech · barvy (layout · text)

bílá (of animals) broná	šedá, sivá	černá (of animals) vraná
červená, rudá; karmínová	oranžová; hnědá	žlutá, plavá; béžová
limetkově zelená	zelená	mátově zelená; tmavě zelená
azurová, blankytná; zelenomodrá	modrá	modrá, siná
fialová; indigo	purpurová; fialová	růžová

Further reading

• “barva”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• Template:R:SSJC
• “barva”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Ladino

Noun

barva f (Latin spelling)

1. (anatomy) chin

Slovene

Etymology

From Middle High German varwe. Compare modern German Farbe, Dutch verf, Polish barwa. Also in a more recent borrowing and all meanings fárba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /báːrʋa/

Noun

bȃrva f

1. colour
2. paint (liquid)
3. (card games) suit
4. (poker) flush

Inflection

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Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	bárva
gen. sing.	bárve
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	bárva	bárvi	bárve
genitive (rodȋlnik)	bárve	bárv	bárv
dative (dajȃlnik)	bárvi	bárvama	bárvam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	bárvo	bárvi	bárve
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	bárvi	bárvah	bárvah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	bárvo	bárvama	bárvami

Derived terms

• barvalen

See also

Colors in Slovene · barve (layout · text)

bela	siva	črna
rdeča; škrlatna	oranžna; rjava	rumena; krem
svetlozelena, limeta	zelena
sinja, cian; turkizna	azurna	modra
vijolična; indigo	magenta, fuksija; vijolična, lila	roza, rožnata

References

• “barva” in Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika - portal BOS
• “barva”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024