LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

barca1

barca f (genitive barcae)

Meaning

  1. Late Latinfemininebaris (a type of flat-bottomed freighter used on the Nile in Ancient Egypt)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativebarcabarcae
genitivebarcaebarcārum
dativebarcaebarcīs
accusativebarcambarcās
ablativebarcābarcīs
vocativebarcabarcae

barca, ae, f.,
I. a small boat, a bark, barge (post-class.): barca est, quae cuncta navis commercia ad litus portat. Hanc navis in pelago propter nimias undas suo suscipit gremio, etc., Isid. Orig. 19, 1, 19; Paul. Nol. Carm. 21, 95.

Origins

  1. Egyptianbꜣjr
  2. Demotic Egyptianbr
  3. Latinbarca

Coptic ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ (baare)der. Ancient Greek βᾶρῐς (bârĭs)der. Latin bāris Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Vulgar Latin -icusder. Vulgar Latin -ica Vulgar Latin *bārica Latin barca Late Latin, first attested in a late 2nd or early 3rd-century inscription in Balsa (ILS 5069). Surfaces again much later in Medieval Latin as barca, by that point a borrowing from Romance. Regular syncope of Vulgar Latin *bārica, from Latin bāris (“Egyptian shallow wide flat-bottomed river boat”), from Ancient Greek βᾶρις (bâris), from Demotic Egyptian br, from Egyptian bꜣjr (“transport ship”), b-bA-A-y:r*Z1-P1

Elsewhere
  • Frenchbarquefrom Medieval Latin barca
  • Englishbarquefrom Medieval Latin barca
  • GermanBarkefrom Medieval Latin barca
  • Englishbarkfrom Medieval Latin barca
  • Russianбаркfrom Medieval Latin barca
  • Faroesebarkfrom Medieval Latin barca
  • Norwegianbarkfrom Medieval Latin barca
  • Danishbarkfrom Medieval Latin barca
  • Irishbárcfrom Medieval Latin barca
  • Bretonbarcfrom Medieval Latin barca
Iberian
  • Portuguesebarcafrom Old Galician-Portuguese barca
  • Spanishbarca
  • Galicianbarcafrom Old Galician-Portuguese barca
East Iberian/Occitano-Romance
  • Catalanbarcafrom Old Occitan barca
  • Occitanbarcafrom Old Occitan barca
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italianbarca
  • Romanianbarcăfrom Italian barca
  • Dalmatianbuarca
  • Istriotbarca
  • Hungarianbárkafrom Italian barca
  • Serbo-Croatianbarkafrom Italian barca
  • Sicilianvarca
Oïl
  • Frenchbargefrom Old French barge
  • Englishbargefrom Old French barge
  • Russianбаржаfrom Old French barge
  • Scotsbairgefrom Old French barge
Gallo-Italian
  • Emilianbèrca
  • Venetanbarca
Rhaetian
  • Friulianbarcje
  • Romanshbartga

In English words that came into English from barca

  • barge*barga
  • barkbarca
  • barquebarca
proper noun · femininefirst declension
Barca2
Barca f sg (genitive Barcae)
Classical[ˈbar.ka]Ecclesiastical[ˈbar.ka]

Meaning

  1. femininesingularMarj (a city in Libya)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeBarca
Barcē		—
genitiveBarcae
Barcēs		—
dativeBarcae—
accusativeBarcam
Barcēn		Barcās
ablativeBarcā
Barcē		—
vocativeBarca
Barcē		—
locativeBarcae
Barcēs		—

Origins

From Ancient Greek Βάρκη (Bárkē), from the local tribe of the Barraci.

Descendants
  • EnglishBarca
  • ItalianBarca
  • SpanishBarca

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

GeographyBarcaBarca or BARCE (Βάρκη, ἡ πόλις Βαρκέων, Scyl., Eth. Βαρκαῖος, Barcaeus; also in the form Βαρκαῖα, Eth. Βαρκαιάτης, Steph. B. sub voce an inland city o…Biography & mythologyBarcaBarca. the surname of the great Hamilcar, the father of Hanibal. [HAMILCAR.] It is probably the same as the Hebrew Burak, which signifies lightning. N…
proper noun · femininefirst declension
Barca3
Barca f sg (genitive Barcae)
Classical[ˈbar.ka]Ecclesiastical[ˈbar.ka]

Meaning

  1. femininesingulara surname from Punic, particularly (historical) a dynasty of Carthaginian leaders.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeBarca
Barcē		Barcae
genitiveBarcae
Barcēs		Barcārum
dativeBarcaeBarcīs
accusativeBarcam
Barcēn		Barcās
ablativeBarcā
Barcē		Barcīs
vocativeBarca
Barcē		Barcae
locativeBarcēs—

Origins

From Punic 𐤁𐤓𐤒 (Baraq), from Phoenician 𐤁𐤓𐤒 (baraq, “lightning”), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *baraḳ-.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

GeographyBarcaBarca or BARCE (Βάρκη, ἡ πόλις Βαρκέων, Scyl., Eth. Βαρκαῖος, Barcaeus; also in the form Βαρκαῖα, Eth. Βαρκαιάτης, Steph. B. sub voce an inland city o…Biography & mythologyBarcaBarca. the surname of the great Hamilcar, the father of Hanibal. [HAMILCAR.] It is probably the same as the Hebrew Burak, which signifies lightning. N…

Quick answers

What does barca mean in Latin?
barca, a noun, means “baris (a type of flat-bottomed freighter used on the Nile in Ancient Egypt)”.
What is the genitive of barca?
The genitive singular is barcae. barca is feminine, first declension.
Where does barca come from?
Egyptian bꜣjr → Demotic Egyptian br → Latin barca.
Which English words come from barca?
English words that go back to Latin barca include bark, barque and barge.