בָּארַג, (dial. for בַּרְקָא, v. ברק a. deriv.; cmp. בָּאגָא a. בִּקְעָא) sparkling, effervescent; white-shining. Ab. Zar. 30ᵃ מתוק חמר ב׳ Ar. (ed. מי ב׳) by ‘sweet wine’ we understand effervescent wine (liquid) (mulsum vinum or mulsa aqua, v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Vinum).—Snh. 98ᵃ סוסיא ב׳ quot. in Rashi to Ab. Zar. l. c., Ar. s. v. ברקא (ed. ברקא) a white-shining horse. [Deriv. fr. Pers. bârah is refuted by ברקא being used as an equivalent of our w.; v. also Fl. to Levy Talm. Dict. I, 284ᵃ.]