вера

See also: веря and Вера

Belarusian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic вѣра (věra), from Proto-Slavic *věra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvʲera]

Noun

ве́ра • (vjéra) f inan (genitive ве́ры, uncountable)

1. faith, belief, trust

Declension

Declension of ве́ра (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	ве́ра vjéra
genitive	ве́ры vjéry
dative	ве́ры vjéry
accusative	ве́ру vjéru
instrumental	ве́рай, ве́раю vjéraj, vjéraju
locative	ве́ры vjéry

Derived terms

• вераго́дны (vjerahódny)

References

• “вера” in Belarusian-Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

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Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *věra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛɾa]

Noun

вера • (vera) f (plural вери)

1. religion
2. belief
3. trust

Inflection

Declension of вера

	singular	plural
indefinite	вера	вери
definite unspecified	верата	верите
definite proximal	верава	вериве
definite distal	верана	верине
vocative	веро	вери

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Russian

Alternative forms

• вѣ́ра (vě́ra) – Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

From Old East Slavic вѣра (věra), inherited from Proto-Slavic *věra, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros (“true”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic вѣра (věra), Ukrainian ві́ра (víra), Bulgarian вя́ра (vjára), Slovene vẹ́ra (tonal orthography), Polish wiara. The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin vērus and German wahr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvʲerə]

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Noun

ве́ра • (véra) f inan (genitive ве́ры, nominative plural ве́ры, genitive plural вер)

1. faith, belief, trust

   ве́ра в кого́-либо/что́-либо ― véra v kovó-libo/štó-libo ― belief in someone/something

2. religion

Declension

Declension of ве́ра (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ве́ра véra	ве́ры véry
genitive	ве́ры véry	ве́р vér
dative	ве́ре vére	ве́рам véram
accusative	ве́ру véru	ве́ры véry
instrumental	ве́рой, ве́рою véroj, véroju	ве́рами vérami
prepositional	ве́ре vére	ве́рах vérax

Related terms

• ве́рить (véritʹ)
• ве́рование (vérovanije)
• ве́ровать (vérovatʹ)
• ве́рный (vérnyj)
• ве́рующий (vérujuščij)
• неве́рующий (nevérujuščij)

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *věra, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros.

Alternative forms

• вје̏ра (Ijekavian)
• vira (Ikavian)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋêra/
• Hyphenation: ве‧ра

Noun

ве̏ра f (Latin spelling vȅra)

1. belief, faith
2. religion

Declension

Declension of вера

	singular	plural
nominative	ве̏ра	вере
genitive	вере	ве̑ра̄
dative	вери	верама
accusative	веру	вере
vocative	веро	вере
locative	вери	верама
instrumental	вером	верама

Derived terms

• вѐрскӣ

Etymology 2

From Italian vera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋêːra/
• Hyphenation: ве‧ра

Noun

ве̑ра f (Latin spelling vȇra)

1. wedding ring

Declension

Declension of вера

	singular	plural
nominative	ве̑ра	вере
genitive	вере	ве̑ра̄
dative	вери	верама
accusative	веру	вере
vocative	веро	вере
locative	вери	верама
instrumental	вером	верама