ばらす

Etymology
Ultimate derivation unclear. Appears from the early 1700s.

Analyzable as the regular causative / transitive form of root verb, from which derives as the regular mediopassive / intransitive. Compare similar verb paradigms with root verb, causative / transitive , mediopassive / intransitive , 🇨🇬 and modern causative / transitive , mediopassive / intransitive , 🇨🇬 and modern and.

Cognate with,. The term actually appears earliest in texts, starting from the late 1500s, followed by  in the late 1600s and  in the early 1700s. This suggests the possibility that the adjective / adverb came first, with the verbs then deriving from that.

Possibly related to adjective.

Verb

 * 1) to take something to pieces and scatter its bits, to completely destroy something
 * 2) to make something all scattered and messy, to mess something up, to put something into disarray
 * 3) to expose a secret, to find something out and expose it
 * 4)  to kill someone
 * 5) to sell something off
 * 6) to sell something at a low or bargain price
 * 7)  to release a fish from one's hook
 * 1) to sell something off
 * 2) to sell something at a low or bargain price
 * 3)  to release a fish from one's hook
 * 1) to sell something at a low or bargain price
 * 2)  to release a fish from one's hook
 * 1)  to release a fish from one's hook

Related terms

 * : to be discovered, to be found out; to become in disarray, to become disorganized