vara
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[edit] English
[edit] Noun
vara
- a unit of length.
[edit] Catalan
[edit] Noun
vara
[edit] Faroese
| vara, v-1 | ||||
| number | singular | plural | ||
| person | first | second | third | all |
| Indicative | eg | tú | hann / hon tað |
vit, tit, teir / tær / tey tygum |
| Present | vari | varir | varir | vara |
| Past | vardi | vardi | vardi | vardu |
| Imperative | tú | tit | ||
| Present | — | var ! | — | varið ! |
| Infinitive | vara | |||
| Pres. part. | varandi | |||
| Past part. a7 | vardur | |||
| Supine | vart | |||
[edit] Verb
vara
[edit] Finnish
(index va)
[edit] Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: va‧ra
- IPA: ['vɑrɑ]
[edit] Noun
vara (stem var-*)
[edit] Usage notes
- In the senses "room"/"margin"/"allowance" this noun is used only in singular — the plural varat means "resources"/"reserves"/"stocks"/"funds"/"means"/"assets".
[edit] Derived terms
- allative + 3rd-pers. sg. of olla + varaa + illative = to be able to/can afford
- heittäytyä + genitive + varaan = to bank on, count on, depend on
- jättää sattuman varaan = to leave to chance/contingency
- kaiken varalta = just in case, just to make sure, to be on the safe side
- olla varalla = to be in reserve/store, be at hand, be (readily) available
- olla + genitive + varassa = to rest on (physically), to rely/depend on (figuratively)
- pitää varansa = to watch out, watch one's step, be on one's guard, keep one's eyes open
- rakentua + genitive + varaan = to be based on, be founded on, be grounded in
- siltä varalta, että... = in case (sth happens)
- adjectives: varakas, varaton
- nouns: varallisuus, varasto, varat
- verbs: varata, varoa, varoittaa
- postpositions: varalle
- prefixes: vara-
[edit] Compounds
- varainhoitaja
- varainhoitaja
- varaosa
- varapresidentti
- varapuheenjohtaja
- vararikko
- varatuomari
- varauloskäynti
- varaventtiili
[edit] Icelandic
[edit] Etymology 1
Old Norse
[edit] Noun
vara f.
[edit] Etymology 2
Old Norse
[edit] Verb
vara
- to beware
[edit] Italian
[edit] Adjective
vara f.
- feminine form of varo
[edit] Latvian
[edit] Noun
vara
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | vara | varas |
| genitive | varas | varu |
| dative | varai | varām |
| accusative | varu | varas |
| locative | varā | varās |
[edit] Portuguese
[edit] Noun
vara
- a unit of length.
[edit] Romanian
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /'va.ra/
[edit] Noun
vara f. (singular, nominative/accusative, definite form of vară)
- the summer
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Etymology
Latin vara
[edit] Noun
vara f. (plural varas)
|
Singular |
Plural |
- a stick or pole or rod
- a staff of office.
- (obsolete) A unit of length, about 0.836 metre. Half a braza.
[edit] Derived terms
- varita f.
- vara mágica f.
[edit] Swedish
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Verb
vara
- to be
[edit] Conjugation
| Infinitive | vara | |
|---|---|---|
| Present tense | är | |
| Present tense (plural)1 | äro | |
| Past tense | var | |
| Past tense (plural)1 | voro | |
| Supine | varit | |
| Imperative | var | |
| Present tense (subjunctive) | vare | |
| Past tense (subjunctive) | vore | |
- 1Archaic in the modern (post-1960) language
[edit] Verb
vara
[edit] Conjugation
| Infinitive | vara | |
|---|---|---|
| Present tense | varar | |
| Past tense | varade | |
| Supine | varat | |
| Imperative | vara | |
| Present participle | varande, varandes | |
| Past participle | varad | |
[edit] Verb
vara
- To last
[edit] Conjugation
(No passive form)
| Infinitive | vara | |
|---|---|---|
| Present tense | varar | |
| Past tense | varade | |
| Supine | varat | |
| Imperative | vara | |
| Present participle | varande, varandes | |
| Past participle | - | |
[edit] Synonyms
[edit] Noun
vara
[edit] Conjugation
| Common | ||||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | vara | varan | varor | varorna |
| Genitive | varas | varans | varors | varornas |

