varma

See also: Varma and värma

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from English warm and German warm, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *warmaz. Compare Yiddish וואַרעם‎ (varem).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvarma]
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• Rhymes: -arma
• Hyphenation: var‧ma

Adjective

varma (accusative singular varman, plural varmaj, accusative plural varmajn)

1. warm, hot (temperature)
   • 1999, Anna Löwenstein, La ŝtona urbo, Antwerp: Flandra Esperanto-Ligo, →ISBN, →OCLC:

     Ni portis eksteren garbojn da pajlo kaj kovris nin per feloj, sub kiuj ni restis sufiĉe varmaj kaj sekaj.

     He carried out sheaves of straw and covered us with pelts, under which we stayed warm and dry enough.

Antonyms

• malvarma, (poetic, neologism) frida (“cold”)

Derived terms

• malvarmega
• malvarmeta
• malvarmigi
• malvarmiĝi
• varmeco (“warmness, hotness”)
• varmega
• varmeta
• varmigi (“to warm, to heat”)
• varmiĝi (“to become warm/hot”)

 

Related terms

• varme (“warmly, hotly”)
• varmi (“to be warm, to be hot”)
• varmo (“heat”)

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *varma (compare Estonian varmas, Ingrian varma, Karelian varma, Veps varmed, Votic varmõ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑrmɑ/, [ˈʋɑrmɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑrmɑ
• Syllabification^(key): var‧ma

Adjective

varma (comparative varmempi, superlative varmin)

1. sure, certain
2. sure, confident

Usage notes

• (sure, confident): Usually used with the elative case for the topic.

Declension

Inflection of varma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		varma	varmat
genitive		varman	varmojen
partitive		varmaa	varmoja
illative		varmaan	varmoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		varma	varmat
accusative	nom.	varma	varmat
	gen.	varman
genitive		varman	varmojen varmainrare
partitive		varmaa	varmoja
inessive		varmassa	varmoissa
elative		varmasta	varmoista
illative		varmaan	varmoihin
adessive		varmalla	varmoilla
ablative		varmalta	varmoilta
allative		varmalle	varmoille
essive		varmana	varmoina
translative		varmaksi	varmoiksi
instructive		—	varmoin
abessive		varmatta	varmoitta
comitative		—	varmoine

Possessive forms of varma (type kala)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	varmani	varmamme
2nd person	varmasi	varmanne
3rd person	varmansa

Antonyms

• epävarma

Derived terms

• varmaan
• varmasti
• varmistaa
• varmiste
• varmistin
• varmistua
• varmuus

 

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto varma, from English warm, German warm.

Adjective

varma

1. warm

Antonyms

• kolda

Derived terms

• boliovarma (“boiling hot”)
• mivarma, varmeta (“tepid, lukewarm”)
• varm-aqua
• varma-atmosferala
• varmega (“hot, red-hot”)
• varmeskar (“to become warm, grow warm”)
• varmeso (“warmth”)

 

Ingrian

Adjective

varma

1. corpulent

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• varmet

Verb

varma

1. inflection of varme:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Old Norse

Adjective

varma

1. inflection of varmr:
   1. strong feminine accusative singular
   2. strong masculine accusative plural
   3. weak feminine/neuter nominative singular
   4. weak masculine/neuter accusative/dative/genitive singular

Swedish

Adjective

varma

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of varm.