See also: vérű, Věru, vëṛu, and веру

Asturian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbeɾu/ [ˈbe.ɾu]
  • Rhymes: -eɾu
  • Syllabification: ve‧ru

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin verus

Adjective

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veru m sg (feminine singular vera, neuter singular vero, masculine plural veros, feminine plural veres)

  1. (archaic, literary) true, correct
    Synonym: verdaderu
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Etymology 2

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Masculinization of vera.

Noun

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veru m (plural veros)

  1. edge, side
    Synonyms: vera, borde
  2. bank (of river)
    Synonyms: vera, oriella
  3. stable, or section of a stable, for goats
  4. refuge, place to hide from the rain
    Synonym: abellugu
  5. (fishing) hollows in a riverbank where fish hide
References
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  • “veru” in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana. Xosé Lluis García Arias. →ISBN.

Faroese

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Etymology

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Declension forms of vera (being, stay).

Noun

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veru f

  1. accusative singular of vera
  2. dative singular of vera
  3. genitive singular of vera

Icelandic

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Etymology

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Declension forms of vera (being, stay).

Noun

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veru f

  1. indefinite accusative singular of vera
  2. indefinite dative singular of vera
  3. indefinite genitive singular of vera

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *gʷeru (spit), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷéru.

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Noun

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verū̆ n (genitive verūs or verū); fourth declension

  1. spit, broach (esp. for roasting)
  2. dart, javelin
  3. (in the plural) paling or railing around an altar or tomb
  4. a critical sign on the margin of a book, obelus

Declension

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Fourth-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 , while Servius considers it to end with .
2According to Martianus Capella.
3According to Servius.
4According to both.

Derived terms

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References

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  • 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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sicilian veru and/or Italian vero, both from Latin verus.

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Adjective

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veru (feminine singular vera, plural veri or vera)

  1. (usually prepositioned) real, actual, true
    il-veru sens tal-ħajjathe real sense of life
  2. (usually postpositioned) true, truthful
    tweġiba veraa true answer

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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veru f (definite singular vero, indefinite plural verur, definite plural verune)

  1. (pre-1917) alternative form of vere