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vera

See also: Vera, verá, vêra, Věra, and вера

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Vera Lynn.

NounEdit

vera (plural veras)

  1. (Cockney rhyming slang) A skin (rolling paper for cigarettes).
    • 1992, The Shamen (band), Ebeneezer Goode (song)
      Has anybody got any veras? Lovely!

Etymology 2Edit

As vega, with the "g" substituted with a "r" to represent risk-free (interest rate).

NounEdit

vera (uncountable)

  1. (finance) A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of vega with respect to changes in the risk-free interest rate, or equivalently the rate of change of rho with respect to changes in the volatility of the underlying asset.
SynonymsEdit
HypernymsEdit
  • (measure of derivative price sensitivity): Greeks (includes list of coordinate terms)

AnagramsEdit

AsturianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin viria.

NounEdit

vera f (plural veres)

  1. edge, side
  2. bank (of river)
  3. wayside (of road, etc.)
  4. acre (of land)
  5. edging

Related termsEdit

EseEdit

NounEdit

vera

  1. fence
  2. wall

EsperantoEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • Audio(file)
  • IPA(key): [ˈvera]
  • Rhymes: -era
  • Hyphenation: ve‧ra

AdjectiveEdit

vera (accusative singular veran, plural veraj, accusative plural verajn)

  1. true

Related termsEdit

FaroeseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse vera (“to be”), from vesa, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- and *h₂wes-.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

vera (third person singular past indicative var, third person plural past indicative vóru, supine verið)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, takes nominative adjectives or nouns) to be

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of vera (irregular)
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!

NounEdit

vera f (genitive singular veru, plural verur)

  1. being

DeclensionEdit

Declension of vera
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vera veran verur verurnar
accusative veru veruna verur verurnar
dative veru veruni verum verunum
genitive veru verunnar vera veranna

IcelandicEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

vera (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative var, third-person plural past indicative voru, supine verið)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, takes nominative adjectives or nouns) to be
    Það er gaman að vera góður.
    It is fun being good.
    Að vera eða vera ekki.
    To be or not to be.
    Ég var kennari áður en ég gerðist stærðfræðingur.
    I was a teacher before I become a mathematician.
    Hvernig veistu að þetta sé ekki gildra?
    How do you know that this is not a trap?

Usage notesEdit

The subjunctive forms sé, sért, sé, séum, séuð and séu are used as other Icelandic verbs, e.g. when the situation is hypothetical. By contrast, the forms veri, verir, veri, verum, verið and veri are unique to the verb vera, in that they are used optatively to express desires; e.g., fari hann og veri means may he leave and never return, and the phrase peace be upon you is translated friður veri með þér.

InflectionEdit

Conjugation of vera
Active voice (germynd) singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative (framsöguháttur) present (nútið) er ert er erum eruð eru
past (þátíð) var varst var vorum voruð voru
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) present (nútið) sé, veri sért, verir sé, veri séum, verum séuð, verið séu, veri
past (þátíð) væri værir væri værum væruð væru
infinitive (nafnháttur) vera
imperatives (boðhættir) active (germynd) reflexive (miðmynd)
singular (+ þú) vertu —
plural (+ þið) verið —
shortened (stýfður) ver
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) verandi
supine (sagnbót) active (germynd) reflexive (miðmynd)
verið —

Derived termsEdit

NounEdit

vera f (genitive singular veru, nominative plural verur)

  1. a being, a creature
  2. a stay

DeclensionEdit

declension of vera
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vera veran verur verurnar
accusative veru veruna verur verurnar
dative veru verunni verum verunum
genitive veru verunnar vera veranna

Derived termsEdit

AnagramsEdit

IdoEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Esperanto vera, Italian vero, French vrai and Spanish vero.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛ.ra/, /ˈve.ra/

AdjectiveEdit

vera

  1. true

Derived termsEdit

ItalianEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈve.ra/
  • Rhymes: -era
  • Hyphenation: vé‧ra

Etymology 1Edit

From Late Latin viria (“bracelet”), from Gaulish *viros (“round, crooked”), from Proto-Celtic *wēros (“crooked”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁ros (“turned, twisted, threaded”), from *weyh₁- (“to turn, twist, weave”).

NounEdit

vera f (plural vere)

  1. (northern Italian) wedding ring, wedding band
    Synonym: fede
  2. (architecture) puteal, wellhead
    Synonyms: ghiera, puteale

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

AdjectiveEdit

vera f sg

  1. feminine singular of vero

AnagramsEdit

LatinEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From vērus (“true”).

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

vēra

  1. inflection of vērus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
DescendantsEdit
  • French: voire

AdjectiveEdit

vērā

  1. ablative feminine singular of vērus

Etymology 2Edit

From vēr (“Spring”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

vēra n

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of vēr

ReferencesEdit

  • “vera”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vera in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Norwegian NynorskEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse vera, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną. The present tense is suppletive and is from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /²vɛˑra/, [²ʋɛ̝ːrɐ̞], [²ʋɛ̝rɐ̞], [²ʋɛ̝rːɐ̞]

VerbEdit

vera (present tense er, past tense var, past participle vore, passive infinitive verast, present participle verande, imperative ver)

  1. to be
    Ikkje alle kunne vera til stades.
    Not everyone could be present.

Usage notesEdit

  • This is a split infinitive verb.

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of vera — (irregular)
infinitive vera
present participle verande
past participle ―
supine vore
indicative present past
singular er var
plural1 ero våro
subjunctive present past
vere vøre
imperative present
singular ver
plural1 vere
1Rare today.

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

AnagramsEdit

Old NorseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From vesa, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną.

VerbEdit

vera

  1. to be

ConjugationEdit

In certain contexts in poetry the initial vowel of certain forms of this verb could be dropped. Thus the form ro (normalized spelling ru), from ero (normalized eru), is found in Vǫlospá stanza 45 (scildir ro klofnir - shields are cloven).

The forms with /s/ instead of /r/ are older forms, found in older manuscripts. Note that although er comes from earlier es, eru does not come from earlier *esu.

Conjugation of vera — active (irregular, suppletive)
infinitive vera, vesa
present participle verandi, vesandi
past participle verit
indicative present past
1st-person singular em var, vas
2nd-person singular ert, est vart, vast
3rd-person singular er, es var, vas
1st-person plural erum várum, vǫ́rum
2nd-person plural eruð váruð, vǫ́ruð
3rd-person plural eru váru, vǫ́ru
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular sjá, sé væra
2nd-person singular sér værir
3rd-person singular sé væri
1st-person plural sém værim
2nd-person plural séð, sét værið
3rd-person plural sé væri
imperative present
2nd-person singular ver, ves
1st-person plural -
2nd-person plural verið

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • “vera”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vera in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

PortugueseEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

vera

  1. feminine singular of vero

ScotsEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

vera (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of verra

AdverbEdit

vera (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of verra

Serbo-CroatianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Slavic *věra, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros.

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ʋêra/
  • Hyphenation: ve‧ra

NounEdit

vȅra f (Cyrillic spelling ве̏ра)

  1. belief, faith
  2. religion
DeclensionEdit
Declension of vera
singular plural
nominative vȅra vere
genitive vere vȇrā
dative veri verama
accusative veru vere
vocative vero vere
locative veri verama
instrumental verom verama
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from Italian vera.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ʋêːra/
  • Hyphenation: ve‧ra

NounEdit

vȇra f (Cyrillic spelling ве̑ра)

  1. wedding ring
DeclensionEdit
Declension of vera
singular plural
nominative vȇra vere
genitive vere vȇrā
dative veri verama
accusative veru vere
vocative vero vere
locative veri verama
instrumental verom verama

SloveneEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *věra.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

vẹ́ra f

  1. belief
  2. faith
  3. religion

InflectionEdit

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. véra
gen. sing. vére
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		véra véri vére
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		vére vér vér
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		véri vérama véram
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		véro véri vére
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		véri vérah vérah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		véro vérama vérami

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

  • “vera”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbeɾa/ [ˈbe.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -eɾa
  • Syllabification: ve‧ra

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin viria.

NounEdit

vera f (plural veras)

  1. (poetic) side, face
    Synonym: lado
    a tu vera ― by your side.
  2. shore, bank (of a watercourse)
    Synonyms: ribera, orilla
  3. edge, border
    Synonym: orilla
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from English verawood.

NounEdit

vera f (plural veras)

  1. verawood (Plectrocarpa arborea, syn. Bulnesia arborea)

Etymology 3Edit

Inflected form of vero

AdjectiveEdit

vera

  1. feminine singular of vero

Further readingEdit

AnagramsEdit

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