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barbara.

foreign/barbarian woman; kind of plaster; plaster applied to raw wounds (L+S);

7 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈbar.ba.ra]Classical-Latin[ˈbar.ba.ra]
  1. a wild, savage, cruel, barbarous, shameless, or immodest woman

    declension-1 · feminine
Where this word comes from

From barbarus: as a noun, a substantivisation of its feminine forms in elliptical use for fēmina barbara (the formation is novel to Latin; the Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros) is an adjective of two endings, whose masculine and feminine forms are isomorphic); as an adjective, regularly declined forms.

noun[ˈbar.ba.ra]Classical-Latin[ˈbar.ba.ra]
  1. a kind of plaster

    declension-1 · feminine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βαρβάρα (barbára).

adj[ˈbar.ba.ra]Classical-Latin[ˈbar.ba.ra]
  1. inflection of barbarus: nominative/vocative singular feminine

    feminine · form-of · nominative · singular · vocative
  2. inflection of barbarus: nominative/accusative/vocative plural neuter

    accusative · form-of · neuter · nominative · plural · vocative
Where this word comes from

From barbarus: as a noun, a substantivisation of its feminine forms in elliptical use for fēmina barbara (the formation is novel to Latin; the Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros) is an adjective of two endings, whose masculine and feminine forms are isomorphic); as an adjective, regularly declined forms.

adj[ˈbar.ba.ra]Classical-Latin[ˈbar.ba.ra]
  1. ablative singular feminine of barbarus

    ablative · feminine · form-of · singular
Where this word comes from

From barbarus: as a noun, a substantivisation of its feminine forms in elliptical use for fēmina barbara (the formation is novel to Latin; the Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros) is an adjective of two endings, whose masculine and feminine forms are isomorphic); as an adjective, regularly declined forms.

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