vera
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[edit] English
[edit] Noun
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vera (plural veras)
- (Cockney rhyming slang) skin (rolling paper for cigarettes; from Vera Lynn)
[edit] Croatian
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Noun
vȇra f.
[edit] Esperanto
[edit] Adjective
vera
[edit] Faroese
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: [ˈveːra]
[edit] Etymology
From Old Norse vera (“‘to be’”) from vesa
[edit] Verb
| vera, v | ||||
| number | singular | plural | ||
| person | first | second | third | all |
| Indicative | eg | tú | hann / hon tað |
vit, tit, teir / tær / tey tygum |
| Present | eri | ert | er | eru |
| Past | var | vart | var | vóru |
| Imperative | tú | tit | ||
| Present | — | ver ! | — | verið ! |
| Infinitive | vera | |||
| Pres. part. | verandi | |||
| Past part. | - | |||
| Supine | verið | |||
vera
- to be
[edit] Noun
vera f.
[edit] Declension
| 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 |
[edit] Icelandic
[edit] Verb
vera
- to be
- Það er gaman að vera góður.
- It is fun to be good.
- Að vera eða vera ekki.
- To be or not to be.
- Það er gaman að vera góður.
[edit] Derived terms
Terms derived from vera
[edit] Inflection
| 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 | sért | sé | séum | séuð | séu |
| 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 | ||||||
| past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar) | verandi | ||||||
| supine (sagnbót) | active (germynd) | reflexive (miðmynd) | |||||
| verið | — | ||||||
| Declension of vera | ||||||
| (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 | ||
| Other words with the same declension | ||||||
[edit] Noun
vera f.
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Italian
[edit] Adjective
vera sg.
- Feminine form of vero.
[edit] Noun
vera f. (plural vere)
[edit] Synonyms
[edit] Latin
[edit] Etymology 1
From vērus (“‘true’”)
[edit] Pronunciation 1
[edit] Adjective
vēra
- nominative feminine singular of vērus
- nominative neuter plural of vērus
- accusative neuter plural of vērus
- vocative feminine singular of vērus
- vocative neuter plural of vērus
[edit] Descendants
- French: voire
[edit] Pronunciation 2
[edit] Adjective
vērā
- ablative feminine singular of vērus
[edit] Etymology 2
From vēr (“‘Spring’”)
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
vēra n.
[edit] Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit] Verb
vera (present tense er; past tense var; past participle vore/vori)
- to be
- Ikkje alle kunne vera til stades.
- Not everyone could be present.
[edit] Scots
[edit] Noun
vera
[edit] Adjective
vera
[edit] Adverb
vera
[edit] Serbian
[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *věra, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ro-.
[edit] Noun
vera f. (plural vere) (Cyrillic spelling вера)
[edit] Slovene
[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *věra, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ro-.
[edit] Noun
vera f.
- religion (system of beliefs dealing with soul, deity and/or life after death)
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