вера

See also: веря, Вера, Appendix:Variations of "bera", and Appendix:Variations of "vera"

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• wiera, viera — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvʲera]

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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

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛɾa]

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• Rhymes: -ɛɾa

Noun

вера • (vera) f (plural вери, relational adjective верски or верен)

1. religion
2. belief
3. trust

Declension

Declension of вера

	singular	plural
indefinite	вера (vera)	вери (veri)
definite unspecified	верата (verata)	верите (verite)
definite proximal	верава (verava)	вериве (verive)
definite distal	верана (verana)	верине (verine)
vocative	веро (vero)	вери (veri)

Pannonian Rusyn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛra]
• Rhymes: -ɛra
• Hyphenation: ве‧ра
• Homophone: Вера (Vera)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Slovak vera, from Proto-Slavic *věra.

Noun

вера (vera) f (relational adjective верни)

1. obsolete form of вира (vira)

Declension

Declension of вера (vera)

	singular	plural
nominative	вера (vera)	вери (veri)
genitive	вери (veri)	верох (verox)
dative	вери (veri)	вером (verom)
accusative	веру (veru)	вери (veri)
instrumental	веру (veru)	верами (verami)
locative	вери (veri)	верох (verox)
vocative	веро (vero)	вери (veri)

References

• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M. (1995), “вера”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Сербско-руски словнїк [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (А – Њ), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 117
• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “вера¹”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Slovak vera (“debt, credit; really, truly”). Further etymology uncertain, but possibly related to German währen.

Particle

вера (vera)

1. reinforcement particle: God, my God, by God, such, really

   Synonyms: ба (ba), боме (bome), наисце (naisce)

   “гладни ши?” “вера сом гладни!”

   “hladni ši?” “vera som hladni!”

   "are you hungry?" "God, I am hungry!"

   ти вера вельки юнак ― ti vera velʹki junak ― you are such a large young man

   Вера я би го нє послухал!

   Vera ja bi ho nje posluxal!

   By God, I wouldn't listen to him!

2. get this, suddenly, all of a sudden (statement used before discussing something unexpected)

   пасовали ше, вера вон звалєл моцнєйшого Петра

   pasovali še, vera von zvaljel mocnjejšoho Petra

   They wrestled and, all of a sudden, he knocked down the stronger Peter

3. (possibly dated) of course, certainly

   Synonyms: розуми ше (rozumi še), вшелїяк (všeljijak), дабоме (dabome)

   вера маш право ― vera maš pravo ― of course you're right

   – Идзеш на вашар? – Ша вера!

   – Idzeš na vašar? – Ša vera!

   – Are you going to the bazaar? – But of course!

Usage notes

• Sense 2 may be compounded with a variety of words, such as ша (ša) (prepositive), га (ha) (prepositive), так (tak) (postpositive), or гей (hej) (postpositive).

Related terms

interjections

• верабоже (verabože)

verbs

• верац impf (verac)

References

• Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “vera”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC
• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M. (1995), “богме”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Сербско-руски словнїк [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (А – Њ), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 78
• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M. (1995), “вала[ј]”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Сербско-руски словнїк [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (А – Њ), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 107
• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M. (1995), “дашта и дашто”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Сербско-руски словнїк [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (А – Њ), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 199
• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M. (1997), “вера”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Сербско-руски словнїк [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 2 (О – Ш), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 891
• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “вера²”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

вера (vera)

1. third-person singular present indicative of верац (verac)

Russian

Alternative forms

• вѣ́ра (vě́ra) — pre-1918 spelling

Etymology

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

Cognates

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]

• Audio:

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• Audio (Saint Petersburg):

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Noun

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

1. belief, faith

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

2. (colloquial) trust, faith (belief in someone's honesty and reliability)
3. (religion) faith, creed (adherence to a religion; a set of religious beliefs)

   христиа́нская ве́ра ― xristiánskaja véra ― Christian faith

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)
• ве́рный (vérnyj)
• ве́рование (vérovanije)
• ве́ровать (vérovatʹ)
• веротерпи́мость (veroterpímostʹ)
• веротерпи́мый (veroterpímyj)
• ве́рующий (vérujuščij)
• единове́рец (jedinovérec)
• единове́рие (jedinovérije)
• изуве́р (izuvér)
• неве́рующий (nevérujuščij)
• роднове́р (rodnovér)
• роднове́рие (rodnovérije)
• старове́р (starovér)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věra.

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

Borrowed 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