FromMiddle English barken ,berken ,borken , fromOld English beorcan ( “ to bark ” ) , from theProto-West Germanic *berkan ( “ to bark ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *bʰerg- ( “ to make a noise, growl, bark ” ) , from*bʰer- ( “ to drone, hum, buzz ” ) . Cognate withIcelandic berkja ( “ to bark, bluster ” ) ,Icelandic barki ( “ throat, windpipe ” ) , dialectalLithuanian burgė́ti ( “ to growl, grumble, grouch, quarrel ” ) ,Serbo-Croatian brbljati ( “ to murmur ” ) . For the noun, compareOld English beorc ,bearce ( “ barking ” ) .
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bark (third-person singular simple present barks ,present participle barking ,simple past and past participle barked )
( intransitive ) To make a short, loud,explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).Synonyms: give tongue ,( rare ) latrate The neighbour's dog is alwaysbarking .
The sealbarked as the zookeeper threw fish into its enclosure.
( intransitive ) To make aclamor ; to makeimportunate outcries .1530 , Tyndale,A Pathway into the Holy Scripture :And therefore theybark , and say the scripture maketh heretics.
1655 ,Thomas Fuller ,The Church-history of Britain; [ … ] , London: [ … ] Iohn Williams [ … ] ,→OCLC ,(please specify |book=I to XI) :Where there is thebarking of the belly, there no other commands will be heard, much less obeyed. ( transitive ) Tospeak sharply .The sergeantbarked an order.
1932 ,Delos W. Lovelace ,King Kong , published1965 , page 3:Plainly he was prepared tobark out an interminable succession of charges against the Wanderer.
2001 ,Salman Rushdie ,Fury: A Novel , London:Jonathan Cape ,→ISBN ,page 5 :Sudden anger rose in him. “What I’m looking for,” hebarked , “is to be left in peace.” His voice trembled with a rage far bigger than her intrusion merited, the rage which shocked him whenever it coursed through his nervous system, like a flood.
2011 January 5, Mark Ashenden, “Wolverhampton 1 - 0 Chelsea”, inBBC [2] :WhileMcCarthy prowled the touchlinebarking orders, his opposite number watched on motionless and expressionless and, with 25 minutes to go, decided to throw onNicolas Anelka forKalou . Terms derived frombark verb
to make a loud noise (dogs)
Afrikaans:blaf Albanian:leh (sq) Arabic:نَبَحَ ( nabaḥa ) ,يَنْبَح ( yanbaḥ ) ( non-past ) Egyptian Arabic:ينبح ( yenbaḥ ) ( imperfective ) Armenian:հաչալ (hy) ( hačʻal ) Aromanian:latru Assamese:ভুকা ( bhuka ) Asturian:lladrar (ast) Azerbaijani:hürmək (az) Bashkir:өрөү ( öröw ) Belarusian:браха́ць impf ( braxácʹ ) ,пабраха́ць pf ( pabraxácʹ ) Breton:harzhal (br) Bulgarian:ла́я (bg) impf ( lája ) Catalan:lladrar (ca) ,bordar (ca) Cebuano:hulhol Chinese:Cantonese:吠 ( fai6 ) Eastern Min:吠 ( buôi ) Mandarin:汪汪 叫 ( wāngwāng jiào ) ,吠 (zh) ( fèi ) Cornish:hartha Corsican:abbaghjà (co) ,aghjabà (co) Crimean Tatar:ürümek ,talamaq Czech:štěkat (cs) impf ,štěknout (cs) pf Danish:gø (da) ,bjæffe Dutch:blaffen (nl) Dzongkha:ཧབ ( hab ) Esperanto:boji (eo) Estonian:haukuma (et) Faroese:goyggja Finnish:haukkua (fi) ,haukahtaa (fi) ( once ) French:aboyer (fr) ,japper (fr) Friulian:bajâ Galician:ladrar (gl) ,touzar ,atouzar (gl) ,aloufar ,latir Gallurese:abbaggjà Georgian:ყეფა ( q̇epa ) German:bellen (de) Greek:γαβγίζω (el) ( gavgízo ) Ancient:ὑλακτέω ( hulaktéō ) Hebrew:נָבַח (he) ( navákh ) Hindi:भौंकना ( bha͠uknā ) Hungarian:ugat (hu) Icelandic:gelta (is) Ido:aboyar (io) Indonesian:menggonggong (id) Interlingua:latrar Irish:amhastraigh ,bí ag tafann ,sceamh Italian:abbaiare (it) Japanese:吠える (ja) ( ほえる , hoeru) ,ほえる (ja) ( hoeru ) Jeju:죾다 ( jukda ) ,줓다 ( jutda ) ,옹공공ᄒᆞ다 ( onggonggonghawda ) ,캉캉ᄒᆞ다 ( kangkanghawda ) Kapampangan:kaung Kaurna:warru-warrukanthi Ket:ыын Khmer:លូ (km) ( luu ) ,ព្រុស (km) ( pruh ) Korean:짖다 (ko) ( jitda ) Kurdish:Central Kurdish:ھەپا ( hepa ) Kyrgyz:үрүү ( ürüü ) Lao:ເຫົ່າ ( hao ) Latgalian:rīt Latin:lātrō (la) Latvian:riet Lithuanian:loti (lt) Lombard:baià Lü:please add this translation if you can Macedonian:лае impf ( lae ) Malay:salak (ms) ,gonggong (ms) Maltese:nebaħ Mansaka:taol Maori:au ,haru ,pari ,pahu ,pahupahu Marathi:भुंकणे ( bhuṅkṇe ) Middle English:berken Mongolian:хуцах (mn) ( xucax ) Navajo:nahałʼin Nepali:भुक्नु ( bhuknu ) Ngarrindjeri:yrongumilun Norman:ouasser ( Jersey ) Northern Sami:ciellat Norwegian:gjø (no) ,gjøde ,gjøda Old Czech:láti impf Old English:beorcan Old Norse:geyja Oromo:dutuu Ossetian:рӕйын ( ræjyn ) Pali:bhussati Persian:لاییدن (fa) ( lâyidan ) ,پارس کردن ( pârs kardan ) ,هاپ کردن ( hâp kardan ) Polabian:börĕt Polish:szczekać (pl) impf Portuguese:latir (pt) ,ladrar (pt) Quechua:ch'aqway ,ayñay Romanian:lătra (ro) Romansch:urlar ,giappar ,giapar ,bubler ,bublar ,üerler Russian:ла́ять (ru) ( lájatʹ ) ,га́вкать (ru) ( gávkatʹ ) Sanskrit:रायटी ( rāyaṭī ) ,बुक्कति (sa) ( bukkati ) Sardinian:Campidanese:baulare Logudorese:abbaulare Sassarese:abbagià Scots:berk ,bouff Scottish Gaelic:comhartaich ,tabhannaich Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:ла̏јати impf Roman:lȁjati (sh) impf Sicilian:abbaiari (scn) ,abbajari (scn) Slovak:štekať impf ,brechať impf ,havkať impf Slovene:lajati (sl) impf Sotho:bohola (st) Spanish:ladrar (es) Sundanese:papagan Swedish:skälla (sv) Tagalog:kahol ,tahol Thai:เห่า (th) ( hào ) Tobilung:mongusig Turkish:havlamak (tr) ,ürümek (tr) Ukrainian:бреха́ти (uk) impf ( brexáty ) ,га́вкати (uk) impf ( hávkaty ) ,га́вкнути pf ( hávknuty ) Venetan:bajar (vec) ,bagiar Vietnamese:sủa (vi) Vilamovian:njaffa Volapük:vaulön (vo) Walloon:hawer (wa) Welsh:cyfarth (cy) Yakut:үр ( ür ) Yiddish:בילן ( biln ) ,האַווקען ( havken ) Yoruba:gbó Zazaki:lawen Zhuang:aep ,raeuq
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bark (plural barks )
The short, loud,explosive sound uttered by adog , afox , and some other animals. ( figuratively ) Anabrupt loudvocal utterance .c. 1921 ,The Cambridge History of English and American Literature , volume11 :Fox’s clumsy figure, negligently dressed in blue and buff, seemed unprepossessing; only his shaggy eyebrows added to the expression of his face; his voice would rise to abark in excitement.
1949 January and February, F. G. Roe, “I Saw Three Englands–1”, inRailway Magazine , page12 :Long before Shap platform showed up around a corner and the two arms on the gradient post drooped in both directions at once,Duchess of Buccleuch's amiable throbbing purr at the stack [funnel, chimney] had become a fierce freight-enginebark , as she resolutely dragged at her enormous load.
(music ) The quick opening of thehi-hat cymbal as it is hit, followed by its timely closing. short, loud, explosive utterance
Afrikaans:blaf ,geblaf Arabic:نُبَاح (ar) m ( nubāḥ ) Armenian:հաչոց (hy) ( hačʻocʻ ) Asturian:lladríu (ast) m Belarusian:брахня́ f ( braxnjá ) ,лай m ( laj ) ,га́ўканне n ( háŭkannje ) ,брэх m ( brex ) Bulgarian:лай (bg) m ( laj ) Catalan:lladruc (ca) m Chinese:Mandarin:吠 (zh) ( fèi ) Cornish:harth m Crimean Tatar:talamaq Czech:štěkání (cs) n ,štěkot (cs) m Danish:gøen c Dutch:geblaf (nl) n Esperanto:bojo Finnish:haukku (fi) ,haukahdus (fi) ( individual ) French:aboiement (fr) m Galician:ladro (gl) m Georgian:ყეფა ( q̇epa ) German:Bellen n ,Gebell (de) n Greek:γάβγισμα (el) n ( gávgisma ) ,αλύχτημα (el) n ( alýchtima ) ,υλακή (el) f ( ylakí ) ( archaism ) Ancient:ὑλαγμός m ( hulagmós ) Hebrew:נביחה (he) f ( nevikhá ) Hungarian:ugatás (hu) Icelandic:gelt n ,gá f ,hundgá (is) f ,gey n ,gjamm (is) n ,bofs n Irish:tafann (ga) m ,sceamh f Italian:abbaiamento (it) m ,latrato (it) m Japanese:吠え声 ( ほえごえ, hoegoe ) Khmer:ព្រុស (km) ( bproh ) Kurdish:Central Kurdish:ھەپاندن ( hepandin ) ,وەڕین (ckb) ( werrîn ) Northern Kurdish:reyîn (ku) ,ewtîn (ku) ,rewîn (ku) Lao:please add this translation if you can Latin:lātrātus m Macedonian:лаеж m ( laež ) Maguindanao:gebu Malay:salak (ms) ,salakan ,gonggongan ,kongkong (ms) ,kung-kung Maori:auau Maranao:gebo Northern Sami:ciellan Norwegian:bjeff (no) n Ojibwe:migiwin Old English:ġebeorc n Persian:لایش ( lâyeš ) ,پارس (fa) ( pârs ) Polish:szczekanie (pl) n Portuguese:latido (pt) m Romanian:lătrat (ro) Russian:лай (ru) m ( laj ) Scottish Gaelic:comhart m Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:ла́веж m Roman:lávež (sh) m Slovak:štekot m Slovene:lajež (sl) m inan Spanish:ladrido (es) m Swedish:skall (sv) n Tagalog:kahol ,tahol Turkish:hav (tr) ,havlama (tr) Ukrainian:гавкіт ( havkit ) ,брехня́ (uk) f ( brexnjá ) Volapük:vaul (vo) ,( repeated ) vaulam Welsh:cyfarthiad (cy) m ,cyfarth (cy) m Zazaki:lawış
figurative: abrupt utterance
FromMiddle English bark , fromOld English barc ( “ bark ” ) , fromOld Norse bǫrkr ( “ tree bark ” ) , fromProto-Germanic *barkuz , probably related to*birkijǭ ( “ birch ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵós (compareLatin frāxinus ( “ ash ” ) ,Lithuanian béržas ( “ birch ” ) ), from Proto-Indo-European*bʰerHǵ- ( “ to gleam; white ” ) (compareEnglish bright ); akin toDanish bark ,Icelandic börkur ,Low German borke andAlbanian berk ( “ bast ” ) .
bark (countable anduncountable ,plural barks )
( countable , uncountable ) The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of atree .1879 , Friedrich August Flückigeret al. ,Pharmacographia... [3] , page346 :The hardships ofbark -collecting in the primeval forests of South America are of the severest kind, and undergone only by the half-civilizedIndians and people ofmixed race , in the pay of speculators or companies located in the towns. Those who are engaged in the business, especially the collectors themselves, are calledCascarilleros orCascadores , from the Spanish wordCascara ,bark . 2012 , John Branch, “Snow Fall : The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, inNew York Time [4] :Moving about 70 miles per hour, it crashed through the sturdy old-growth trees, snapping their limbs and shreddingbark from their trunks.
( medicine ) Peruvian bark orJesuit's bark , the bark of thecinchona from whichquinine is produced. Hardcandy made in flat sheets, for instance out of chocolate, peanut butter, toffee or peppermint. Thecrust formed onbarbecued meat that has had arub applied to it.2009 , Julie Reinhardt,She-Smoke: A Backyard Barbecue Book , page151 :This softens the meat further, but at some loss of crunch to thebark .
The envelopment or outer covering of anything. Usually uncountable;bark may be countable when referring to the barks of different types of tree.
( exterior covering of a tree ) : rind exterior covering of a tree
Afrikaans:bas (af) Ainu:カㇷ゚ ( kap ) Albanian:lëvore (sq) f Amharic:ልጥ ( ləṭ ) Arabic:لِحَاء m ( liḥāʔ ) Egyptian Arabic:جدع m ( gedʕ ) Armenian:կեղև (hy) ( keġew ) Aromanian:shcoarci f ,coaji f Assamese:বাকলি ( bakoli ) Asturian:corteza (ast) f Azerbaijani:qabıq (az) Bashkir:ҡабыҡ ( qabıq ) Basque:oskol Belarusian:кара́ f ( kará ) Bengali:ছাল (bn) ( chal ) Breton:ruskenn (br) Bulgarian:кора́ (bg) f ( korá ) Burmese:အခေါက် (my) ( a.hkauk ) Carpathian Rusyn:кора f ( kora ) Catalan:escorça (ca) f Chamicuro:is̈hoopa Cherokee:ᎤᏯᎸ ( uyalv ) Chinese:Cantonese:樹皮 / 树皮 ( syu6 pei4 ) Mandarin:樹皮 / 树皮 (zh) ( shùpí ) Cornish:rusken f Czech:kůra (cs) f Danish:bark (da) c Dhivehi:please add this translation if you can Dutch:schors (nl) f ,bast (nl) f Esperanto:arboŝelo (eo) Estonian:koor (et) Faroese:børkur (fo) m ,bark (fo) n Finnish:puunkuori (fi) ,kaarna (fi) ,parkki (fi) ( hard ) ,tuohi (fi) ( of a birch ) French:écorce (fr) f Friulian:scuarce f Galician:casca (gl) f ,paraza (gl) f ,tona (gl) f ,cortiza f ,arna f Georgian:ქერქი (ka) ( kerki ) German:Borke (de) f ( if thicker ) ,Rinde (de) f ( if thinner ) Greek:φλοιός (el) m ( floiós ) Ancient:φλοιός m ( phloiós ) Haida:giit Hawaiian:ʻili lāʻau Hebrew:קְלִפָּה (he) (qlipá) Hiligaynon:panit sa kahoy Hindi:छाल (hi) f ( chāl ) Hungarian:kéreg (hu) Icelandic:börkur (is) m Ido:kortico (io) Indonesian:kulit pohon ,pepagan (id) Irish:rúsc m ,coirt f ,snamh m Old Irish:rúsc m Italian:corteccia (it) f ,scorza (it) f (dialect) Ivatan:kodit no kayo Japanese:木 の 皮 ( きのかわ, ki no kawa ) ,樹皮 (ja) ( じゅひ, juhi ) Jeju:낭거죽 ( nanggeojuk ) Kannada:please add this translation if you can Kashubian:kóra Kazakh:қабық ( qabyq ) Khmer:សំបកឈើ ( sɑmbɑɑk chəə ) Kikuyu:igoko class5 Korean:나무껍질 (ko) ( namukkeopjil ) ,수피 (ko) ( supi ) Kyrgyz:кабык (ky) ( kabık ) Lao:ເປືອກ ( pư̄ak ) ,ເປືອກໄມ້ ( pư̄ak mai ) Latgalian:miza ,tuoss ( of a birch ) ,krejš ( of a pine and spruce ) Latin:cortex m or f Latvian:miza (lv) ,tāss (lv) ( of a birch ) Linngithigh:iwin Lithuanian:žievė̃ f ,tóšis f ( of a birch ) Lombard:rusca (lmo) f ,rüsca f Luxembourgish:Schuel f Macedonian:кора f ( kora ) Malay:kulit kayu Malayalam:please add this translation if you can Maltese:qoxra f Manx:roost m Maori:hiako ,pāpākiri ( specifically applied to flaky or scaly bark ) Middle English:bark Mongolian:Cyrillic:холтос (mn) ( xoltos ) Mongolian:ᠬᠣᠯᠲᠤᠰᠤ ( qoltusu ) Navajo:aháshtʼóózh ,azhííh Nepali:बोक्रा ( bokrā ) Norman:êcorche f ,p'liche dé bouais f Northern Mansi:(pleaseverify ) сӯл ( sūl ) ,хуруп ( hurup ) Northern Sami:bárku Norwegian:Bokmål:bark (no) m Nynorsk:bork (nn) m Occitan:rusca (oc) f ,escòrça (oc) f Ojibwe:wanagek ,wanagekwag pl Old English:rind f Oromo:qola Persian:پوست درخت ( pust-e deraxt ) ,پوست (fa) ( pust ) ,توژ ( tuž ) Piedmontese:rusca f Pitjantjatjara:likara Polish:kora (pl) f ,łub (pl) m Portuguese:casca (pt) f Romanian:scoarță (ro) Russian:кора́ (ru) f ( korá ) Samoan:paʻu Sanskrit:वल्क (sa) m ( valka ) ,त्वच् (sa) f ( tvac ) ,तरुत्वच् f ( tarutvac ) Sardinian:corzola f Saterland Frisian:Boark m Scottish Gaelic:rùsg m ,cairt f ,sgrath f Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:кора f Roman:kora (sh) f Sicilian:scorcia (scn) Slovak:kôra (sk) f Slovene:lubje (sl) n ,skorja (sl) f ,lub m Sorbian:Lower Sorbian:škóra f Spanish:corteza (es) f Sranan Tongo:buba Sudovian:sakstis m ,tosis m ( of a birch ) Swahili:(pleaseverify ) chamba sg ,(pleaseverify ) vyamba pl ,(pleaseverify ) gome (sw) sg ,( noun 5/6 ) (pleaseverify ) magome pl ,gamba (sw) Swedish:bark (sv) c Sylheti:ꠛꠣꠇꠟ ( baxol ) Tagalog:balat ng kahoy ,balatkahoy Tajik:пӯст (tg) ( püst ) ,қишр ( qišr ) Tamil:பட்டை (ta) ( paṭṭai ) ,மரப்பட்டை (ta) ( marappaṭṭai ) ,வற்கம் (ta) ( vaṟkam ) ,பொருக்கு (ta) ( porukku ) Tatar:кабык (tt) ( qabıq ) Telugu:మొరుగు (te) ( morugu ) Thai:เปลือก (th) ( bplʉ̀ʉak ) ,เปลือกไม้ ( bplʉ̀ʉak-máai ) Tibetan:ཤིང་གི་པགས་པ ( shing gi pags pa ) ,ཤིང་པགས ( shing pags ) ,ཤིང་ཤུན ( shing shun ) Tobilung:sansag Turkish:ağaç kabuğu (tr) ,kabuk (tr) Turkmen:gabyk Ukrainian:кора́ (uk) f ( korá ) Urdu:چھال f ( chāl ) Uzbek:poʻstloq (uz) ,poʻst (uz) ,qobiq (uz) Venetan:scòrç m Vietnamese:vỏ (vi) ,vỏ cây Walloon:schoice (wa) f ,pelake (wa) f Welsh:rhisgl (cy) m West Frisian:skors White Hmong:tawv Yakut:хатырык ( qatırık ) Yiddish:קאָרע f ( kore ) Yoruba:èèpo Yurok:'warkwech Zande:fuge Zealandic:schosse f Zhuang:naeng Zulu:igxolo class5/ 6 ,ixolo class5/ 6
bark (third-person singular simple present barks ,present participle barking ,simple past and past participle barked )
Tostrip the bark from; topeel .1922 , A. M. Chisholm,A Thousand a Plate :Along the river freshly felled andbarked trees told of the activity of beaver, and in slow current and in eddies the tops of their winter's food supply lay like submerged brush fences projecting above the surface.
Toabrade or rub off any outer covering from.tobark one’s heel
2019 May 8, Barney Ronay, “Liverpool’s waves of red fury and recklessness end in joyous bedlam”, inThe Guardian [5] :Barcelona had been harried and hurried and stretched thin by the midway point in the second half. Tackles flew in. Toes were crushed, shinsbarked , ankles hacked.
Togirdle . Tocover orinclose with bark, or as with bark.tobark the roof of a hut
to strip the bark from, to peel
Bulgarian:обелвам кора на ( obelvam kora na ) Danish:afbarke Dutch:ontschorsen Finnish:kuoria (fi) ,( of a birch ) tuohia ,aisata French:écorcer (fr) German:abrinden Greek:αποφλοιώνω (el) ( apofloióno ) ,ξεφλουδίζω (el) ( xefloudízo ) Italian:scortecciare Japanese:樹皮を剥ぐ ( じゅひをはぐ , juhi o hagu) Khmer:បកសំបកឈើ ( bɑɑk sɑmbɑɑk chəə ) ,បក (km) ( bɑɑk ) Kurdish:Central Kurdish:بحەپێ ( bḧepê ) ,بڕەوێ ( brrewê ) Latin:glubo Macedonian:лушти ( lušti ) Navajo:béshneʼ Portuguese:descascar (pt) Russian:ободра́ть кору́ pf ( obodrátʹ korú ) ,обдира́ть кору́ impf ( obdirátʹ korú ) Scottish Gaelic:rùisg ,plaoisg Spanish:descortezar (es) Swedish:barka (sv) Turkish:soymak (tr) ,kabuğunu soymak Volapük:säjalön (vo) Welsh:dirisglo ,rhisglo (cy)
to abrade or rub off any outer covering from
to cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark
FromMiddle English barke ( “ boat ” ) , fromMiddle French barque , fromLate Latin barca , a regular syncope ofVulgar Latin *barica , fromClassical Latin bāris , fromAncient Greek βᾶρις ( bâris ,“ Egyptian boat ” ) , fromCoptic ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ ( baare ,“ small boat ” ) , fromDemotic br , fromEgyptian bꜣjr
( “ transport ship ” ) .Doublet ofbarge ,barque andbaris .
bark (plural barks )
( obsolete ) A smallsailing vessel , e.g. apinnace or a fishingsmack ; a rowing boat or barge.( poetic ) A sailing vessel or boat of any kind.1817 December,Percy Bysshe Shelley , “The Revolt of Islam. [ … ] ”, in[Mary] Shelley , editor,The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. [ … ] , volume I, London:Edward Moxon [ … ] , published1839 ,→OCLC ,page272 :We know not where we go, or what sweet dream May pilot us through caverns strange and fair Of far and pathless passion, while the stream Of life ourbark doth on its whirlpools bear, Spreading swift wings as sails to the dim air;[ …]
a. 1887 (date written), Emily Dickinson, “[ Book I.—Life] Whether my bark went down at sea”, inMabel Loomis Todd andT[homas] W[entworth] Higginson , editors,Poems , First Series, Boston, Mass.:Roberts Brothers , published1890 ,→OCLC ,page38 :Whether mybark went down at sea, / Whether she met with gales,[ …]
( nautical ) A vessel, typically with three (or more) masts, with the foremasts (or fore- and mainmasts) square-rigged, and mizzenmast schooner-rigged.1997 , Mark Kurlansky,Cod , page114 :Europeans would cross the ocean in largebarks built for deck space and large holds.
three-masted vessel, foremast and mainmast square-rigged, mizzenmast schooner-rigged
(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
bark (plural barks )
( slang , obsolete ) AnIrish person.John Camden Hotten (1873 )The Slang Dictionary 1890 , John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley,Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A to Byz (page 124)FromProto-Albanian *báruka , fromProto-Indo-European *bʰor-uko- , from*bʰer- ( “ to carry ” ) . CompareMessapic βάρυκα ( báruka ) . Adoublet ofbie ,barrë , and barrë .
Another reconstruction isProto-Albanian *bárkʷa- , from earlier *bʰórkʷu- "belly", from a PIE *bʰorkʷó-, from*bʰer- ( “ to carry ” ) .
bark m (plural barqe , definite barku , definite plural barqet )
( anatomy ) belly Synonym: abdomen ( technical ) stomach orintestines as parts of the digestive systemSynonyms: stomak ,zorrë pelvic cavity ,uterus Synonyms: kavitet pelvik ,mitër alloffspring a mother births to with the same male (human or animal)Synonym: pjellë Motër e vëlla nga dybarqe ―Brother and sister from twomothers ( ethnography ) lineage , all offspring of the same motherSynonym: gji Janë të njëbarku ―They're of the samemother ( figurative ) generation Synonym: brez Bark pasbarku ―Generation aftergeneration convex side of an object,bulge ,curve Synonym: e mysët Mur mebark ―Curved wall( figurative , colloquial ) interior part of an object, thehollow partSynonyms: gji ,brendësi ( in thesingular ) themiddle part of timelineSynonym: mes Barku i javës ―Themiddle of the week ( medicine ) diarrhea ,dysentery Synonyms: diarre ,purth ,spirë ,nevojë e hollë ,dizenteri ( figurative , colloquial ) heart (in the sense of bravery)Synonyms: zemër ,shpirt Me gjithëbark ―With all myheart FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language ][6] ,1980 FromOld Norse bǫrkr .
bark c (singular definite barken ,not used in plural form )
bark ( covering of the trunk of a tree ) FromOld Norse barki
bark c (singular definite barken ,plural indefinite barker )
bark ( large sailing boat ) (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
bark m (plural barken ,diminutive barkje n )
the bark of certain trees, used for itstannin FromMiddle Dutch barke , fromOld French barque .
bark f (plural barken ,diminutive barkje n )
barge , a large type of rowing or sailing boatFromDanish bark , fromMiddle French barque , fromLate Latin barca , fromVulgar Latin barica , fromAncient Greek βάρις ( báris ,“ Egyptian boat ” ) , fromCoptic ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ ( baare ,“ small boat ” ) , fromEgyptian bꜣjr ( “ transport ship, type of fish ” ) ,
bark f (genitive singular barkar , plural barkir )
( nautical ) bark : A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.FromOld English bark , fromOld Norse bǫrkr , fromProto-Germanic *barkuz .
bark (plural barkes )
bark ( a tree's covering, often used inleatherworking or as a pharmaceutical ) .The exterior layer of a nut or other fruit. ( rare , Late Middle English , figurative ) A shallow look at something.FromOld Norse bǫrkr .
bark m (definite singular barken ,uncountable )
bark ( outer layer of trunks and branches of trees and bushes ) FromLate Latin barca , viaFrench barque .
bark m (definite singular barken ,indefinite plural barker ,definite plural barkene )
( nautical ) abarque orbark ( type of sailing ship ) “bark” inThe Bokmål Dictionary .FromLate Latin barca , viaFrench barque .
bark m (definite singular barken ,indefinite plural barkar ,definite plural barkane )
( nautical ) abarque orbark ( type of sailing ship ) “bark” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary .IPA (key ) : ( 10th –15th CE ) /ba(ː)rk/ IPA (key ) : ( 15th CE ) /bark/ ,/bɒrk/ Inherited fromProto-Slavic *bъrkъ
bark m inan
( attested in Greater Poland ) shoulder ( part of the body between the base of the neck and forearm socket ) Middle of the 15th century ,Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa [7] , page817 :Są związali tako trudno i twardo jego święte ręce i zabarki ji ciągnęli [Są związali tako trudno i twardo jego święte ręce i zabarki ji ciągnęli] c. 1500 ,Wokabularz lubiński ,Lubiń : inkunabuł Archiwum Archidiecezjalnego w Gnieźnie, sygn. Inc. 78d., page72r :Lacertus est superior pars brachii vel musculusbark [Lacertus est superior pars brachii vel musculusbark ] ( agriculture ) swingletree ,whiffletree ,whippletree 1868 [1455 ],Akta grodzkie i ziemskie z czasów Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej : z archiwum tak zwanego bernardyńskiego we Lwowie w skutek fundacyi śp. Alexandra hr. Stadnickiego [8] , volume XIV, page439 :Currus non habuit hakow anybarkow [Currus non habuit hakow anibarkow ] bark m animacy unattested
Alternative form ofbarg Boryś, Wiesław (2005 ) “bark ”, inSłownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie,→ISBN Mańczak, Witold (2017 ) “bark ”, inPolski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności,→ISBN Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000 ) “bark ”, inEtymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language ] (in Polish)Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965 ) “bark ”, inJan Safarewicz , Andrzej Siudut, editors,Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language ] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka PolskiegoBrückner, Aleksander (1927 ) “bark ”, inSłownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language ] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza PowszechnaB. Sieradzka-Baziur , Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015 ), “bark ”, inSłownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish ] (in Polish), Kraków:IJP PAN ,→ISBN Ewa Deptuchowa, Mariusz Frodyma, Katarzyna Jasińska, Magdalena Klapper, Dorota Kołodziej, Mariusz Leńczuk, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, editors (2023 ), “bark ”, inRozariusze z polskimi glosami. Internetowa baza danych [Dictionaries of Polish glosses, an Internet database ] (in Polish), Kraków:Pracownia Języka Staropolskiego Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk Inherited fromOld Polish bark .
Rhymes:-ark Syllabification:bark bark m inan (related adjective barkowy )
shoulder ( part of the body between the base of the neck and forearm socket ) Synonym: ramię ( architecture , historical ) side extension of afort orfortification ( in theplural ) upper back ( area including the shoulder blades from one shoulder to the other ) shoulder ( side edge of the tire tread ) shoulder ( bending the arc of a horseshoe, half-moon, half-ring or buckle ) ( obsolete , agriculture ) swingletree ,whiffletree ,whippletree Synonym: orczyk ( obsolete , architecture ) arch Synonyms: pałąk ,obłąk ( Middle Polish ) shoulder ( thicker and higher part of an animal's hind legs ) ( Middle Polish ) arch ( any bend in an object ) Borrowed fromEnglish barque .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] First attested in the 20th century.[ 3] Doublet ofbarka .
bark m inan (related adjective barkowy )
( nautical ) barque ( sailing vessel ) (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .) First attested in 1600–1750.[ 4]
bark m inan
( Middle Polish ) tool orvessel used in certaincrafts ortrades Alternative form: barka ^ Mirosław Bańko , Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021 ) “bark ”, inWielki słownik wyrazów obcych ,→ISBN ^ Stanisław Dubisz , editor (2003 ), “II bark ”, inUniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language ][1] (in Polish), volumes1-4 , Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA,→ISBN ↑3.0 3.1 Witold Doroszewski , editor (1958–1969 ), “bark II ”, inSłownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa:PWN ^ Paweł Kupiszewski (09.10.2018 ) “BARK ”, inElektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century ] bark inWielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PANbarki inWielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PANMaria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023 ) “bark ”, inSłownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish ] Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814 ) “bark ”, inSłownik języka polskiego Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861 ) “bark ”, inSłownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861 J. Karłowicz ,A. Kryński ,W. Niedźwiedzki , editors (1900 ), “bark ”, inSłownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page98 bark in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka PolskiegoBorrowed fromGerman Barke .
bark m inan (related adjective barkôwy )
smallboat on awagon tall bark [pinebark ]FromOld Norse bǫrkr , fromProto-Germanic *barkuz .
bark c (uncountable )
bark ( covering of the trunk of a tree ) barque ( type of ship ) Synonym: barkskepp FromProto-Turkic *b(i)ark ( “ home ” ) .
bark (definite accusative barkı ,plural barklar )
( idiomatic ) home