vaar

See also: vår

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

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Verb

vaar (present vaar, present participle varende, past participle gevaar)

1. to sail
2. to navigate
3. to fare

   Die leerders vaar uitstekend in die plaaslike kompetisie.

   The learners are faring extremely well in the local competition.

Derived terms

• vaarwel
• vaart
• afvaar
• aanvaar

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aːr

Etymology 1

Formed from vader through regular d-syncope (compare veer, broer, la).

Noun

vaar m (plural varen, diminutive vaartje n or vaarke n)

1. Obsolete form of vader (“father”).

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vaar

1. inflection of varen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Estonian

Etymology

From Swedish far.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɑːr/, [ˈvɑːr]
• Rhymes: -ɑːr
• Hyphenation: vaar

Noun

vaar (genitive vaari, partitive vaari)

1. (rare) Synonym of vanaisa

Declension

Declension of vaar (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		vaar	vaarid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	vaari
genitive			vaaride
partitive		vaari	vaare vaarisid
illative		vaari vaarisse	vaaridesse vaaresse
inessive		vaaris	vaarides vaares
elative		vaarist	vaaridest vaarest
allative		vaarile	vaaridele vaarele
adessive		vaaril	vaaridel vaarel
ablative		vaarilt	vaaridelt vaarelt
translative		vaariks	vaarideks vaareks
terminative		vaarini	vaarideni
essive		vaarina	vaaridena
abessive		vaarita	vaarideta
comitative		vaariga	vaaridega

References

• vaar in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “vaar”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Determiner

vaar m or f (neuter vaart, plural vaare)

1. obsolete typography of vår

Etymology 2

Noun

vaar m

1. obsolete typography of vår

Yola

Noun

vaar

1. Alternative form of feyer
   • 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, line 9:

     Wu canna gow to Ilone vaar,

     We cannot go to the Island fair,

References

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 131