vár

See also: Appendix:Variations of "var"

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɔaːɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔaːɹ

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vár.

Noun

vár n (genitive singular várs, plural vár)

  1. spring (season)
Declension
Declension of vár
n3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vár várið vár várini
accusative vár várið vár várini
dative vári várinum várum várunum
genitive várs vársins vára váranna

See also

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vár.

Determiner

vár

  1. (archaic) our

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvaːr]
  • (file)

Etymology 1

From an Iranian language, compare Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬭𐬀 (vāra, entrenchment), Middle Persian wl (war, castle).

Noun

vár (plural várak)

  1. citadel (inside a city)
  2. castle, fortress
Declension
Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative vár várak
accusative várat várakat
dative várnak váraknak
instrumental várral várakkal
causal-final várért várakért
translative várrá várakká
terminative várig várakig
essive-formal várként várakként
essive-modal
inessive várban várakban
superessive váron várakon
adessive várnál váraknál
illative várba várakba
sublative várra várakra
allative várhoz várakhoz
elative várból várakból
delative várról várakról
ablative vártól váraktól
Possessive forms of vár
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. váram váraim
2nd person sing. várad váraid
3rd person sing. vára várai
1st person plural várunk váraink
2nd person plural váratok váraitok
3rd person plural váruk váraik
Derived terms

(Compound words):

Etymology 2

From Proto-Ugric *warɜ- (to guard, wait).[1][2] Compare Mansi ӯри (ūri, ūr-, to wait, to guard).

Verb

vár

  1. (transitive) to wait for something
Conjugation
Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • bevár
  • elvár
  • hazavár
  • kivár
  • megvár
  • visszavár

(Expressions):

References

  1. Entry #1869 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
  2. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *wasrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wésr̥ (compare Latin ver, Lithuanian vãsara, vasarà, Persian بهار (bahâr), Sanskrit वसर् (vasar, morning), Old Armenian գարուն (garun), Old Church Slavonic весна (vesna)). Compare also Old Frisian wars, wers (spring).

Noun

vár n

  1. spring (season)

Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *unseraz.

Pronoun

vár

  1. genitive of vér: of us, our.
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