Elfdalian edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse eyra, from Proto-Germanic *ausô. Cognate with Swedish ära.

Noun edit

ära n

  1. ear
Inflection edit

Verb edit

ära

  1. to hear
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse heyra, from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną. Cognate with Swedish höra.

Noun edit

ära f

  1. honour
Inflection edit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Estonian edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Finnic *älä- (negative imperative stem). Cognate to Finnish älä.

Verb edit

ära

  1. second-person singular imperative of ei (negative verb): do not/don’t

Etymology 2 edit

Related to eri.

Adverb edit

ära (not comparable)

  1. away
    Mine ära!
    Go away!
  2. forms perfective verbs
    1. sööma (to eat)ära sööma (to eat (perfective))
    2. tapma (to kill)ära tapma (to murder, to kill (perfective))

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Middle Low German ēre, from Old Saxon ēra (renown, glory, honor). Cognate with Icelandic æra and Faroese æra.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /²æːra/
  • (file)

Noun edit

ära c

  1. honor, glory; an objectification of praiseworthiness

Declension edit

Declension of ära 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ära äran äror ärorna
Genitive äras ärans ärors ärornas

Derived terms edit

Verb edit

ära (present ärar, preterite ärade, supine ärat, imperative ära)

  1. to honor; to show respect for
  2. (dated) to honor; to conform to, abide by, act in accordance with (an agreement, request, or the like)

Conjugation edit

References edit

  • ära in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Further reading edit