var
Translingual edit
Symbol edit
var
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Noun edit
var (countable and uncountable, plural vars)
- (programming) Abbreviation of variable.
- (statistics) Abbreviation of variance.
- (physics) A unit of electrical power, in an AC circuit, equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.
- (bodybuilding, slang, uncountable) Clipping of Anavar.
Derived terms edit
Anagrams edit
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Albanian *werja, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- (“to bind, hang”) (compare Ancient Greek ἀείρω (aeírō, “to heave, hoist up”), Lithuanian vérti (“to weigh”)).[1]
Verb edit
var (aorist vara, participle varur)
- to hang
- to depend on
- to bring down
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 423
Azerbaijani edit
Cyrillic | вар | |
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Abjad | وار |
Etymology edit
From Proto-Turkic *bār.[1] Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰉𐰺 (bar).
Pronunciation edit
Predicative edit
var
- Existential copula: there is, there are, there exists, there exist
- Bakının yaxınlığında bir karvansara var.
- There is a caravanserai near Baku.
- ― Düyü var? ― Bəli, var.
- ―Is there any rice? ―Yes, there is.
- Expressing possession: to have
- Üç qardaşım var.
- I have three brothers.
- (literally, “There are three of my brothers”)
- ― Gedim çörək alım? ― Yox, hələ varımızdır.
- ―Shall I go and buy bread? ―No, we still have [some].
Antonyms edit
- yox (“there is no; to not have”)
Derived terms edit
- varlıq (“existence; being”)
References edit
- ^ Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*bār”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
var (feminine vara, masculine plural vars, feminine plural vares)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “var” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Chrau edit
Numeral edit
var
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Czech var, from Proto-Slavic *varъ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
var m inan
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
Danish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse varr, from Proto-Germanic *waraz, cognate with English aware.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
var
- only in the expression: blive var: become aware
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
var
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
var
- imperative of vare
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch *var, from Old Dutch *far, *fare, from Frankish and Proto-West Germanic *farh, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *farhaz. Related to varken (“pig”), an old diminutive of var. Related to English farrow.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
var m (plural varren, diminutive varretje n)
Synonyms edit
- (male pig): beer
Faroese edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
var
Usage notes edit
- eg var ógvuliga bangin - I was terribly afraid
- hann var ein góður maður - he was a good man
- hon var borin í heim í 1913 - she was born 1913
- tað var stuttligt - it was funny
- var tað ikki hon? - wasn't it her?
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of vera (irregular) | ||
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infinitive | vera | |
supine | verið | |
participle | verandi | - |
present | past | |
first singular | eri | var |
second singular | ert | vart |
third singular | er | var |
plural | eru | vóru |
imperative | ||
singular | ver! | |
plural | verið! |
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain, perhaps related to the verb varr (“to sew”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- scab (an incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | var | varok |
accusative | vart | varokat |
dative | varnak | varoknak |
instrumental | varral | varokkal |
causal-final | varért | varokért |
translative | varrá | varokká |
terminative | varig | varokig |
essive-formal | varként | varokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | varban | varokban |
superessive | varon | varokon |
adessive | varnál | varoknál |
illative | varba | varokba |
sublative | varra | varokra |
allative | varhoz | varokhoz |
elative | varból | varokból |
delative | varról | varokról |
ablative | vartól | varoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
varé | varoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
varéi | varokéi |
Possessive forms of var | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | varom | varaim varjaim |
2nd person sing. | varod | varaid varjaid |
3rd person sing. | vara varja |
varai varjai |
1st person plural | varunk | varaink varjaink |
2nd person plural | varotok | varaitok varjaitok |
3rd person plural | varuk varjuk |
varaik varjaik |
or less commonly:
Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | var | varak |
accusative | vart | varakat |
dative | varnak | varaknak |
instrumental | varral | varakkal |
causal-final | varért | varakért |
translative | varrá | varakká |
terminative | varig | varakig |
essive-formal | varként | varakként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | varban | varakban |
superessive | varon | varakon |
adessive | varnál | varaknál |
illative | varba | varakba |
sublative | varra | varakra |
allative | varhoz | varakhoz |
elative | varból | varakból |
delative | varról | varakról |
ablative | vartól | varaktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
varé | varaké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
varéi | varakéi |
Possessive forms of var | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | varam | varaim |
2nd person sing. | varad | varaid |
3rd person sing. | vara | varai |
1st person plural | varunk | varaink |
2nd person plural | varatok | varaitok |
3rd person plural | varuk | varaik |
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- var in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Icelandic edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse varr, from Proto-Germanic *waraz.
Adjective edit
var (comparative varari, superlative varastur)
Declension edit
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
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nominative | varari | varari | varara |
accusative | varari | varari | varara |
dative | varari | varari | varara |
genitive | varari | varari | varara |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | varari | varari | varari |
accusative | varari | varari | varari |
dative | varari | varari | varari |
genitive | varari | varari | varari |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
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nominative | varastur | vörust | varast |
accusative | varastan | varasta | varast |
dative | vörustum | varastri | vörustu |
genitive | varasts | varastrar | varasts |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | varastir | varastar | vörust |
accusative | varasta | varastar | vörust |
dative | vörustum | vörustum | vörustum |
genitive | varastra | varastra | varastra |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | varasti | varasta | varasta |
accusative | varasta | vörustu | varasta |
dative | varasta | vörustu | varasta |
genitive | varasta | vörustu | varasta |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | vörustu | vörustu | vörustu |
accusative | vörustu | vörustu | vörustu |
dative | vörustu | vörustu | vörustu |
genitive | vörustu | vörustu | vörustu |
Derived terms edit
- varlega
- varlegur
- gera vart við sig ("to make oneself known; to show oneself")
- vera var um sig ("to be on one's guard")
- verða var við ("to be aware of")
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
var n (genitive singular vars, nominative plural vör)
Declension edit
Synonyms edit
- (shelter): skjól
Etymology 3 edit
Inflected form of vera (“to be”).
Verb edit
var
Jamtish edit
Verb edit
var
- inflection of vara:
Latvian edit
Verb edit
var
- third-person singular/plural present indicative of varēt
- (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of varēt
- (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of varēt
Laz edit
Postposition edit
var
- Latin spelling of ვარ (var)
Adverb edit
var
- Latin spelling of ვარ (var)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
var
- simple past of være
- imperative of vare
Derived terms edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse var, from Proto-Germanic *was. Ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂wes-.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
var
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse varr, from Proto-Germanic *waraz. Akin to English wary.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
var (neuter vart, definite singular and plural vare, comparative varare, indefinite superlative varast, definite superlative varaste)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
From Old Norse ver from verja. Doublet of vær.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
var n (definite singular varet, indefinite plural var, definite plural vara)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 4 edit
Uncertain, but may be related to verk.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
var n (definite singular varet, indefinite plural var, definite plural vara)
Etymology 5 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
var
- present of va
- imperative of vara
References edit
- “var” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams edit
Old Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vȃrъ (“boiling; boiling liquid”). By surface analysis, deverbal from vřieti or vařiti.
Noun edit
var m inan
- batch (a quantity of anything brewed at one operation)
Declension edit
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | var | vary | vaři, varové |
genitive | vara, varu | varú | varóv |
dative | varu | varoma | varóm |
accusative | var | vary | vary |
vocative | vaře | vary | vaři, varové |
locative | vařě, varu | varú | vařiech |
instrumental | varem | varoma | vary |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Czech: var
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vȃrъ (“heat”).
Noun edit
var m inan
Declension edit
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | var | vary | vaři, varové |
genitive | vara, varu | varú | varóv |
dative | varu | varoma | varóm |
accusative | var | vary | vary |
vocative | vaře | vary | vaři, varové |
locative | vařě, varu | varú | vařiech |
instrumental | varem | varoma | vary |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Further reading edit
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “var”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From earlier vas, from Proto-Norse ᚹᚨᛊ (was) from Proto-Germanic *was, first- and third-person past singular indicative of *wesaną.
Verb edit
var
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: var
- Faroese: var
- Norwegian:
- Jamtish: var
- Elfdalian: war
- Old Swedish: var, war
- Swedish: var
- Danish: var
- Old Gutnish: war
References edit
- “var”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Old Slovak edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vȃrъ (“boiling; boiling liquid”). By surface analysis, deverbal from vrieť or variť.
Noun edit
var m
- batch (a quantity of anything brewed at one operation)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Slovak: var
Further reading edit
- Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “var”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volume 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC
Old Swedish edit
Verb edit
var
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Church Slavonic варъ (varŭ), from Proto-Slavic *varъ.
Noun edit
var n (plural varuri)
- lime (calcium oxide, quicklime)
Declension edit
Salar edit
Etymology 1 edit
Cognate with Turkish var. Doublet of bar (“rich”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Jiezi, Gaizi, Qingshui, Baizhuang, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA(key): [vɑɹ], [vɑr]
- (Hanbahe, Daowei, Chahandusi, Baizhuang, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [vɑːɹ], [vɑːr]
- (Mengda, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [bɑːr], [pɑː], [pɑr]
Noun edit
var
References edit
- Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “var”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 300, 433, 437, 540, 541
- 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016), “var”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages - Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 292
- 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1985), “bɑr”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 135
- Ma, Chengjun; Han, Lianye; Ma, Weisheng (December 2010), “var”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary], 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 135
- Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “var”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon, Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 175
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
var
- Alternative form of varğu.
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vȃrъ (“heat”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vȃr m or f (Cyrillic spelling ва̑р)
Declension edit
singular | |
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nominative | var |
genitive | vari |
dative | vari |
accusative | var |
vocative | vari |
locative | vari |
instrumental | vari/varju |
References edit
- “var” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovak edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vȃrъ (“heat”).
Noun edit
var m
Declension edit
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vȃrъ (“boiling; boiling liquid”). By surface analysis, deverbal from vrieť or variť.
Noun edit
var m
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
Particle edit
- Alternative form of vari
Further reading edit
- “var”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2023
Slovene edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vȃrъ (“heat”).
Noun edit
vȃr m inan
Declension edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vȃrъ (“boiling; boiling liquid”). By surface analysis, deverbal from vrẹ́ti or varíti.
Noun edit
vȃr m inan
Declension edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
var m inan
Declension edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Etymology 4 edit
Derived from Iranian. Compare Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬭𐬀 (vāra, “entrenchment”), Middle Persian wl (war, “castle”).
Noun edit
var m inan
Declension edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading edit
“var”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse hvar, from Proto-Germanic *hwar.
Adverb edit
var (not comparable)
- where; at which place
- Synonym: (informal, nonstandard) vart
- Var är mina nycklar?
- Where are my keys?
- Var var jag?
- Where was I?
Related terms edit
Conjunction edit
var
- where; the situation in which
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse hverr (paradigm merged with a descendant of *hwaz and a descendant of Proto-Germanic *hwarjaz (“who (of many)”). A cognate to Icelandic hver.
Determiner edit
var (neuter vart)
- (dated) every
- Var dag är en sällsam gåva
- Every day is a peculiar gift
- c. 1847, Carl August Hagberg, translation of Shakespeare's As You Like It (c. 1599), act 3, scene 2
- Att för hvart öga som i skogen ser / Det må ett vittne till min dyrkan blifva.
- That every eye which in this forest looks / Shall see thy virtue witness'd every where.
- Synonym: varje
- each; per person/thing involved
- Vi fick två bananer var
- We got two bananas each
Derived terms edit
- lite varstans
- vardag (“weekday”)
- var för sig (“separately”)
- var och en (“one and all”)
- varsågod
Etymology 3 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
var n or c
- (uncountable) pus; a mixture of dead bacteria and white blood cells, occurring in areas of infections n
- pillowcase n
- various species of flatfish of the family Scophthalmidae, such as megrim, whiff, butt, turbot c
Declension edit
Declension of var | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | var | varet | var | varen |
Genitive | vars | varets | vars | varens |
Declension of var 3 | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | var | varen | varar | vararna |
Genitive | vars | varens | varars | vararnas |
Related terms edit
Etymology 4 edit
From Old Norse var, from earlier vas, from Proto-Norse ᚹᚨᛋ (was), from Proto-Germanic *was.
Verb edit
var
- past indicative of vara: was, were
- imperative of vara
References edit
- var in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- var in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- var in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams edit
Tat edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Persian w’t (wād, “wind”), from Proto-Iranian *HwáHatah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwáHatas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (“wind”).
Noun edit
var
Turkish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Ottoman Turkish وار (var), from Proto-Turkic *bār. Compare Old Turkic 𐰉𐰺 (bar).
Adjective edit
var (not comparable)
- there is, there are (not a verb)
- İstanbul'da bir kervansaray var.
- There is a caravanserai in Istanbul. (lit. A caravanserai exists in Istanbul.)
- (Time)
- it exists
- Expressing possession, equivalent of have.
Usage notes edit
• As an adjective, var is only used predicatively.
• In the phrases “var olmak” and “var etmek”, the word is pronounced with a long vowel (va:r).
Antonyms edit
- yok (there isn't, not have)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
var
Yola edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English far, from Old English feorr.
Adjective edit
var (comparative valler)
Adverb edit
var
Etymology 2 edit
Preposition edit
var
- Alternative form of vor
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 39:
- Var faade?
- For what?
References edit
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 74