evar
See also: êvar
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛvɑɹ/, /ˈɛvɚ/
Adverb edit
evar (not comparable)
Anagrams edit
Ido edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
evar (present evas, past evis, future evos, conditional evus, imperative evez)
- (transitive, intransitive) to be so many years old, be aged (so many years)
- Quante vu evas? ― How old are you?
- Me evas dek e sis yari. ― I am sixteen years old.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of evar
present | past | future | |||||
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infinitive | evar | evir | evor | ||||
tense | evas | evis | evos | ||||
conditional | evus | ||||||
imperative | evez | ||||||
adjective active participle | evanta | evinta | evonta | ||||
adverbial active participle | evante | evinte | evonte | ||||
nominal active participle | singular | evanto | evinto | evonto | |||
plural | evanti | evinti | evonti | ||||
adjective passive participle | evata | evita | evota | ||||
adverbial passive participle | evate | evite | evote | ||||
nominal passive participle | singular | evato | evito | evoto | |||
plural | evati | eviti | evoti |
Derived terms edit
- evanta (“aged (so many years)”)
- evoza (“aged, elderly”)
- grandeva (“aged, elderly”)
- grandeveso (“longevity, agedness”)
- mezeva (“middle-aged”)
- quante vu evas? (“how old are you?”)
- quanton vu evas? (“how old are you?”)
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
evar m
- indefinite plural of eve
Verb edit
evar
Anagrams edit
Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
- ehvar (obsolete since 1906)
Etymology edit
Adverb edit
evar (not comparable)
- (archaic) wherever
- 1668, Georg Stiernhielm, Hercules line 23, in Musæ Suethizantes. Taken from Samlade skrifter av Georg Stiernhielm, 1973, J. Nordström and B. Olsson, Svenska Vitterhetssamfundet.
- Ehwar hon gick, drog hon å sig hwars-mans ögon och ålijt
- Wherever she went, she drew towards herself each man's gaze and beholding.
- 1668, Georg Stiernhielm, Hercules line 23, in Musæ Suethizantes. Taken from Samlade skrifter av Georg Stiernhielm, 1973, J. Nordström and B. Olsson, Svenska Vitterhetssamfundet.