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barley

/ˈbɑːli/BAHR-lee
/ˈbɑɹli/BAHR-lee

Meaningbarley plant

Common meaning: a cereal grain

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√BHAR‘bear, carry’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 231, p. 738 · scan
  2. Old Englishbere‘barley’sourceB&T
  3. Old EnglishbærlicsourceB&T
  4. Middle Englishbarlisource
  5. Englishbarley‘a cereal grain’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English bærlic ‘barley-like’.

Roots

  • bærlic Old English “barley-like”

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