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vara

See also: VARA, vara-, vára, vară, våra, varā, vāra, and вара

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Spanish vara. Borrowed from Portuguese vara.

NounEdit

vara (plural varas)

  1. (historical) A unit of length in the old Spanish system (equal to 0.8359 metres) or the old Portuguese system (equal to 1.1 metres).

AnagramsEdit

CatalanEdit

NounEdit

vara f (plural vares)

  1. rod

EstonianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Germanic *warā-, compare Swedish vara and German Ware. Cognate to Finnish vara and Livonian varā.

NounEdit

vara (genitive vara, partitive vara)

  1. property, estate, goods; things belonging to a person or organisation

InflectionEdit

Inflection of vara (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative vara varad
accusative vara varad
genitive vara varade
partitive vara varasid
illative varra
varasse 		varadesse
inessive varas varades
elative varast varadest
allative varale varadele
adessive varal varadel
ablative varalt varadelt
translative varaks varadeks
terminative varani varadeni
essive varana varadena
abessive varata varadeta
comitative varaga varadega

Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Proto-Baltic *vāras, compare Lithuanian voras (“old”). Cognate to Finnish varhain.

AdverbEdit

vara

  1. early

Derived termsEdit

AntonymsEdit

FaroeseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle Low German waren.

VerbEdit

vara (third person singular past indicative vardi, third person plural past indicative vart, supine vart)

  1. to take, to last, to require (about time)

ConjugationEdit

   Conjugation of vara
v-1
infinitive vara
present participle varandi
past participle a7 vardur
supine vart
number singular plural
person first second third all
indicative eg tú hann/hon/tað vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum
present vari varir varir vara
past vardi vardi vardi vardu
imperative – tú – tit
present — var! — varið!

FinnishEdit

(index va)

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑrɑ/, [ˈʋɑrɑ]
  • Hyphenation: va‧ra

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *waraz and *warō, cognates include Swedish vara (“goods”), vara (“care”) as well as English ware, wary and aware. The Germanic roots have a shared etymology and are probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to cover, heed, notice”). Related to Estonian vara.

NounEdit

vara

  1. reserve, backup
    Mäyrä tarvitsee paksun rasvakerroksen talven varaksi.
    A badger needs a thick layer of fat as a reserve for winter.
    Minulla on ylimääräinen tulppa varalla.
    I have an extra plug as backup.
  2. (usually in the plural) resources, reserves, funds, means, assets
    Irakilla on suuret öljyvarat.
    Iraq has large oil reserves.
    Minulla ei ole tähän varaa. (literally "I don't have the funds for this.")
    I can't afford this.
  3. (usually in the singular) room, margin; allowance
    Muista jättää kutistumisen varaa.
    Remember to leave an allowance for shrinking.
    Meillä ei ole varaa virheisiin.
    We have no margin for errors.
  4. (mostly in idioms and proverbs) caution, concern, care; often translated into English with an adjective, see also pitää varansa
    Pidä varasi, ettet putoa.
    Be careful so that you don't fall.
    Ei vara venettä kaada. (proverb, literally "Caution does not overturn a boat")

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of vara (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative vara varat
genitive varan varojen
partitive varaa varoja
illative varaan varoihin
singular plural
nominative vara varat
accusative nom. vara varat
gen. varan
genitive varan varojen
varainrare
partitive varaa varoja
inessive varassa varoissa
elative varasta varoista
illative varaan varoihin
adessive varalla varoilla
ablative varalta varoilta
allative varalle varoille
essive varana varoina
translative varaksi varoiksi
instructive — varoin
abessive varatta varoitta
comitative — varoineen

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

CompoundsEdit

This table also contains terms prefixed with vara-.

compounds

GalicianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese vara (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin vāra.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

vara f (plural varas)

  1. a long and thin stick, pole or rod
    Synonym: valoira
  2. shoot; twig
  3. (dated or historical) cloth yard; a unit of length equivalent to half a braza (½ a fathom or a yard)
    • 1335, M. Lucas Álvarez & P. Lucas Domínguez (eds.), El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos. Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 463:
      que den a uos Eluira Perez en uossa vida de tres en tres annos çinquo varas de valacyna noua ou os dineiros para ella, quantos ella custar enna tenda
      they should give you, Elvira Pérez, throughout your life each three years, five yards of new Valencian cloth or the money for them, whatever it costs in the store

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • “vara” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “vara” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “vara” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “vara” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “vara” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

IcelandicEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse vara.

NounEdit

vara f (genitive singular vöru, nominative plural vörur)

  1. article, commodity
  2. (in the plural form) goods, wares, freight, commodities, merchandise
DeclensionEdit
declension of vara
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vara varan vörur vörurnar
accusative vöru vöruna vörur vörurnar
dative vöru vörunni vörum vörunum
genitive vöru vörunnar vara varanna
Derived termsEdit
plural form

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse vara, from Proto-Germanic *warōną.

VerbEdit

vara (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative varaði, supine varað)

  1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to warn syn.

ConjugationEdit

vara — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að vara
supine
(sagnbót) 		varað
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		varandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég vara við vörum present
(nútíð) 		ég vari við vörum
þú varar þið varið þú varir þið varið
hann, hún, það varar þeir, þær, þau vara hann, hún, það vari þeir, þær, þau vari
past
(þátíð) 		ég varaði við vöruðum past
(þátíð) 		ég varaði við vöruðum
þú varaðir þið vöruðuð þú varaðir þið vöruðuð
hann, hún, það varaði þeir, þær, þau vöruðu hann, hún, það varaði þeir, þær, þau vöruðu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		vara (þú) varið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
varaðu variði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
varast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að varast
supine
(sagnbót) 		varast
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		varandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég varast við vörumst present
(nútíð) 		ég varist við vörumst
þú varast þið varist þú varist þið varist
hann, hún, það varast þeir, þær, þau varast hann, hún, það varist þeir, þær, þau varist
past
(þátíð) 		ég varaðist við vöruðumst past
(þátíð) 		ég varaðist við vöruðumst
þú varaðist þið vöruðust þú varaðist þið vöruðust
hann, hún, það varaðist þeir, þær, þau vöruðust hann, hún, það varaðist þeir, þær, þau vöruðust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		varast (þú) varist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
varastu varisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
varaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		varaður vöruð varað varaðir varaðar vöruð
accusative
(þolfall) 		varaðan varaða varað varaða varaðar vöruð
dative
(þágufall) 		vöruðum varaðri vöruðu vöruðum vöruðum vöruðum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		varaðs varaðrar varaðs varaðra varaðra varaðra
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		varaði varaða varaða vöruðu vöruðu vöruðu
accusative
(þolfall) 		varaða vöruðu varaða vöruðu vöruðu vöruðu
dative
(þágufall) 		varaða vöruðu varaða vöruðu vöruðu vöruðu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		varaða vöruðu varaða vöruðu vöruðu vöruðu
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 3Edit

From Middle Low German waren (whence also Swedish vara, Norwegian vare, Danish vare), from Proto-Germanic *wazōną.

VerbEdit

vara (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative varði, supine varað)

  1. (intransitive) to last, to continue, to go on syn.
    Hvað varir þetta lengi?
    How long will this last?
  2. (intransitive) to last, to endure, to be permanent syn.
SynonymsEdit

Etymology 4Edit

VerbEdit

vara (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative varði, supine varað)

  1. (impersonal) to expect
    Gestirnir komu fyrr en mig varði.
    The guests arrived earlier than expected.
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 5Edit

NounEdit

vara

  1. indefinite genitive plural of var

Etymology 6Edit

NounEdit

vara

  1. indefinite genitive plural of vör

IngrianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Related to Finnish vara.

NounEdit

vara

  1. asset
  2. reserve
  3. protection

ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

See the etymology of the main entry.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈva.ra/
  • Hyphenation: và‧ro

AdjectiveEdit

vara

  1. feminine singular of varo

VerbEdit

vara

  1. inflection of varare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular present imperative

AnagramsEdit

KarelianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Related to Finnish vara.

NounEdit

vara

  1. reserve

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From vārus.

NounEdit

vāra f (genitive vārae); first declension

  1. fork, forked branch
  2. tripod, easel

DeclensionEdit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vāra vārae
Genitive vārae vārārum
Dative vārae vārīs
Accusative vāram vārās
Ablative vārā vārīs
Vocative vāra vārae

AdjectiveEdit

vāra

  1. inflection of vārus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

AdjectiveEdit

vārā

  1. ablative feminine singular of vārus

LatvianEdit

PronunciationEdit

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Etymology 1Edit

See varš.

NounEdit

vara m

  1. genitive singular form of varš

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

vara f (4th declension)

  1. power
DeclensionEdit
Declension of vara (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) vara varas
accusative (akuzatīvs) varu varas
genitive (ģenitīvs) varas varu
dative (datīvs) varai varām
instrumental (instrumentālis) varu varām
locative (lokatīvs) varā varās
vocative (vokatīvs) vara varas

Northern SamiEdit

PronunciationEdit

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NounEdit

vara

  1. accusative/genitive singular of varra

Norwegian BokmålEdit

Alternative formsEdit

NounEdit

vara m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of vare

Norwegian NynorskEdit

NounEdit

vara f

  1. definite singular of vare

Old SwedishEdit

PaliEdit

Alternative formsEdit

Alternative forms

AdjectiveEdit

vara

  1. excellent
  2. noble

DeclensionEdit

Declension table of "vara" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)varovarā
Accusative (second)varaṃvare
Instrumental (third)varenavarehi or varebhi
Dative (fourth)varassa or varāya or varatthaṃvarānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)varasmā or varamhā or varāvarehi or varebhi
Genitive (sixth)varassavarānaṃ
Locative (seventh)varasmiṃ or varamhi or varevaresu
Vocative (calling)varavarā
Declension table of "varā" (feminine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)varāvarāyo or varā
Accusative (second)varaṃvarāyo or varā
Instrumental (third)varāyavarāhi or varābhi
Dative (fourth)varāyavarānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)varāyavarāhi or varābhi
Genitive (sixth)varāyavarānaṃ
Locative (seventh)varāya or varāyaṃvarāsu
Vocative (calling)varevarāyo or varā
Declension table of "vara" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)varaṃvarāni
Accusative (second)varaṃvarāni
Instrumental (third)varenavarehi or varebhi
Dative (fourth)varassa or varāya or varatthaṃvarānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)varasmā or varamhā or varāvarehi or varebhi
Genitive (sixth)varassavarānaṃ
Locative (seventh)varasmiṃ or varamhi or varevaresu
Vocative (calling)varavarāni

Derived termsEdit

NounEdit

vara m or n

  1. wish, boon, favour

DeclensionEdit

As the masculine or neuter of the adjective above, as appropriate.

ReferencesEdit

vara in Pali Text Society (1921–1925), Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead. (licensed under CC-BY-NC)

PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Portuguese vara, from Latin vara. Compare Spanish vara.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

vara f (plural varas)

  1. A unit of length, a yard
  2. A stick, a twig
  3. A district court, an original court, a trial court/court of first instance.

Derived termsEdit

VerbEdit

vara

  1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of varar
  2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of varar

RomanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

vara

  1. in the summer

NounEdit

vara f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of vară

Serbo-CroatianEdit

NounEdit

vara (Cyrillic spelling вара)

  1. genitive singular of var

SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin vara

NounEdit

vara f (plural varas)

  1. a long and thin stick, pole or rod
  2. thin branch or cane (of a tree or bush)
  3. a staff of office.
  4. (bullfighting) bullfighter's lance
  5. (obsolete) A unit of length, about 0.836 metre or three Spanish feet; equivalent to the English yard

Derived termsEdit

See alsoEdit

VerbEdit

vara

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of varar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of varar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of varar.

SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɑːˌra/, IPA(key): /ˈvɑː/
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    • Pronunciation of the present tense form of vara (“to be”) varies geographically and depending on the formality of the language. The most formal pronunciation is /ɛːr/ with a varying degree of openness in the vowel. Less formal pronunciation in running speech varies between /eː/ and /ɛː/.
  • Rhymes: -ɑː

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Swedish vara, væra from Old Norse vera, earlier vesa, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną. Cognate with Danish være, Icelandic vera, Norwegian være.

NounEdit

vara n

  1. existence, being
    Varats olidliga lätthet
    The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1984 novel by Milan Kundera)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of vara 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative vara varat — —
Genitive varas varats — —

VerbEdit

vara

  1. To be
    1. to occupy a place, to be (somewhere)
      Var har du varit?
      Where have you been?
    2. to occur, to take place
    3. (rare) to exist
      • c. 1847, Carl August Hagberg, translation of Shakespeare's Hamlet (c. 1601), act 3, scene 1
        Att vara eller icke vara, det är frågan: / Månn’ ädlare att lida och fördraga / Ett bittert ödes styng och pilar eller / Att ta till vapen mot ett haf af qval
        To be or not to be– that is the question: / Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer / The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, / Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
    4. (copulative) indicates that the subject and object are the same
    5. (copulative, mathematics) indicates that the values on either side of an equation are the same
    6. (copulative) indicates that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal
    7. (copulative) connects a noun to an adjective that describes it
    8. used to form the passive voice, when stressing the end result of the process
    9. (archaic) used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs
      Jag är uppstigen sedan en timme.
      I have been out of bed for an hour.
    10. used to indicate things like age, height, temperature, weather, ...
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of vara
Active Passive
Infinitive vara -
Present tense är -
Past tense var -
Supine varit -
Imperative var -
Present participle varande
Past participle varen

See also:

  • vare (present tense conjunctive), vore (past tense conjunctive)
  • ären, äro (plural present tense indicative); voro (plural past tense indicative)
  • varen (second person plural imperative)
Alternative formsEdit
  • va (strongly colloquial)
SynonymsEdit
  • (occupy a place): befinna sig, finnas, ligga / sitta / stå
  • (to exist:): existera
  • (to create passive voice:): bli (when putting stress on the process), varda (archaic, only used in the past tense (and thus one uses the corresponding past tense "vart"))
  • (A special verb form which does not exist for all verbs, but when it does it is constructed by addition of the suffix -s to the active voice, to be put after any suffixes for tense. It is neutral in its use, neither really stressing the action or the result over the other.)
Related termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Swedish vara, from Middle Low German waren, from Old Saxon waron, from Proto-Germanic *warōną. Cognate with Danish vare

VerbEdit

vara (present varar, preterite varade, supine varat, imperative vara)

  1. to last
    Mötet varade flera timmar.
    The meeting lasted several hours.
    Mjölken varar längre i kylskåpet.
    The milk will last longer in the fridge.
    Synonyms: fortfara, hålla på, pågå
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of vara (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive vara —
Present tense varar —
Past tense varade —
Supine varat —
Imperative vara —
Present participle varande
Past participle —
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 3Edit

In expressions like ta sig till vara, ta vara på. Old Swedish vara, from Old Norse vari, cognate with Danish vare, possibly from an unattested Old Swedish vari (care), related to Icelandic vari (“caution, carefullness”), but influenced by Middle Low German ware namen, related to German wahren, wahrnehmen.

NounEdit

vara ?

  1. care
    ta vara på
    take care of, keep, not throw away, not waste
    ta sig till vara
    be careful, beware

Etymology 4Edit

From Old Swedish vara, from Old Norse vara, from Middle Low German ware. Cognate with Danish vare, German Ware, English ware. Could be related to Sanskrit vara- (valuable).

NounEdit

vara c

  1. a ware, goods
DeclensionEdit
Declension of vara 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative vara varan varor varorna
Genitive varas varans varors varornas
Related termsEdit

Etymology 5Edit

Attested since 1664. From var (“pus”).

VerbEdit

vara (present varar, preterite varade, supine varat, imperative vara)

  1. to generate pus
    Såret började vara efter några timmar.
    The wound began to fill with pus after a few hours.
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of vara (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive vara varas
Present tense varar varas
Past tense varade varades
Supine varat varats
Imperative vara —
Present participle varande
Past participle —

ReferencesEdit

VepsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Related to Finnish vara.

NounEdit

vara

  1. stock, store, inventory
  2. resource
  3. asset

InflectionEdit

Inflection of vara
nominative sing. vara
genitive sing. varan
partitive sing. varad
partitive plur. varoid
singular plural
nominative vara varad
accusative varan varad
genitive varan varoiden
partitive varad varoid
essive-instructive varan varoin
translative varaks varoikš
inessive varas varoiš
elative varaspäi varoišpäi
illative ? varoihe
adessive varal varoil
ablative varalpäi varoilpäi
allative varale varoile
abessive varata varoita
comitative varanke varoidenke
prolative varadme varoidme
approximative I varanno varoidenno
approximative II varannoks varoidennoks
egressive varannopäi varoidennopäi
terminative I ? varoihesai
terminative II varalesai varoilesai
terminative III varassai —
additive I ? varoihepäi
additive II varalepäi varoilepäi

ReferencesEdit

WestrobothnianEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

vara

  1. Alternative present plural form of vera in sothern dialects.
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