veru
Asturian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editAdjective
editveru m sg (feminine singular vera, neuter singular vero, masculine plural veros, feminine plural veres)
Alternative forms
editDerived terms
editEtymology 2
editMasculinization of vera.
Noun
editveru m (plural veros)
- edge, side
- bank (of river)
- stable, or section of a stable, for goats
- refuge, place to hide from the rain
- Synonym: abellugu
- (fishing) hollows in a riverbank where fish hide
References
editFaroese
editEtymology
editDeclension forms of vera (“being, stay”).
Noun
editveru f
Icelandic
editEtymology
editDeclension forms of vera (“being, stay”).
Noun
editveru f
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Italic *gʷeru (“spit”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷéru.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwɛ.ruː], [ˈwɛ.rʊ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈvɛː.ru]
Noun
editverū̆ n (genitive verūs or verū); fourth declension
- spit, broach (esp. for roasting)
- dart, javelin
- (in the plural) paling or railing around an altar or tomb
- a critical sign on the margin of a book, obelus
Declension
editFourth-declension noun (neuter).
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | verū̆1 | verua |
genitive | verūs2 verū3 |
veruum |
dative | verū4 veruī2 |
veribus |
accusative | verū̆1 | verua |
ablative | verū4 | veribus |
vocative | verū̆1 | verua |
1The length of the final vowel is uncertain in the nominative/accusative/vocative singular; Martianus Capella considers it to end with -ū, while Servius considers it to end with -ŭ.
2According to Martianus Capella.
3According to Servius.
4According to both.
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “veru”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- veru in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Maltese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Sicilian veru and/or Italian vero, both from Latin verus.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editveru (feminine singular vera, plural veri or vera)
- (usually prepositioned) real, actual, true
- il-veru sens tal-ħajja ― the real sense of life
- (usually postpositioned) true, truthful
- tweġiba vera ― a true answer
Antonyms
editRelated terms
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editNoun
editveru f (definite singular vero, indefinite plural verur, definite plural verune)
- Asturian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Asturian/eɾu
- Rhymes:Asturian/eɾu/2 syllables
- Asturian terms inherited from Latin
- Asturian terms derived from Latin
- Asturian lemmas
- Asturian adjectives
- Asturian terms with archaic senses
- Asturian literary terms
- Asturian nouns
- Asturian masculine nouns
- Faroese non-lemma forms
- Faroese noun forms
- Icelandic non-lemma forms
- Icelandic noun forms
- Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin fourth declension nouns
- Latin neuter nouns in the fourth declension
- Latin neuter nouns
- la:Spears
- Maltese terms borrowed from Sicilian
- Maltese terms derived from Sicilian
- Maltese terms borrowed from Italian
- Maltese terms derived from Italian
- Maltese terms derived from Latin
- Maltese 2-syllable words
- Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Maltese lemmas
- Maltese adjectives
- Maltese terms with usage examples
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk pre-1917 forms
- Landsmål