vara

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See also: VARA, vara-, vára, vară, våra, varā, vāra, and вара

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish vara and Portuguese vara.

Noun[edit]

vara (plural varas)

  1. (historical) A unit of length in the old Spanish system (equal to 0.8359 metres) or the old Portuguese system (equal to 1.1 metres).

Anagrams[edit]

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin vāra.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

vara f (plural vares)

  1. rod

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Estonian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *warā-, compare Swedish vara, German Ware, English ware. Cognate to Finnish vara and Livonian varā.

Noun[edit]

vara (genitive vara, partitive vara)

  1. property, estate, goods; things belonging to a person or organisation

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of vara (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative vara varad
accusative vara varad
genitive vara varade
partitive vara varasid
illative varra
varasse 		varadesse
inessive varas varades
elative varast varadest
allative varale varadele
adessive varal varadel
ablative varalt varadelt
translative varaks varadeks
terminative varani varadeni
essive varana varadena
abessive varata varadeta
comitative varaga varadega

Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Baltic *vāras, compare Lithuanian voras (“old”). Cognate to Finnish varhain.

Adverb[edit]

vara

  1. early

Derived terms[edit]

Antonyms[edit]

Faroese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Low German waren.

Verb[edit]

vara (third person singular past indicative vardi, third person plural past indicative vart, supine vart)

  1. to take, to last, to require (about time)

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of vara (group v-1)
infinitive vara
supine vart
participle (a7)1 varandi vardur
present past
first singular vari vardi
second singular varir vardi
third singular varir vardi
plural vara vardu
imperative
singular var!
plural varið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Finnish[edit]

(index va)

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *vara (compare Estonian vara), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *waraz and *warō (compare Swedish vara (“goods”), vara (“care”), English ware, wary and aware); the two Germanic words both ultimately come from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to cover, heed, notice”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑrɑ/, [ˈʋɑrɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrɑ
  • Syllabification: va‧ra

Noun[edit]

vara

  1. reserve, backup
    Mäyrä tarvitsee paksun rasvakerroksen talven varaksi.
    A badger needs a thick layer of fat as a reserve for winter.
    Minulla on ylimääräinen tulppa varalla.
    I have an extra plug as backup.
  2. (in the plural) (natural) resources, (natural) reserves
    Irakilla on suuret öljyvarat.
    Iraq has large oil reserves.
    Synonym: luonnonvarat
  3. (in the plural) stores, stocks, reserves
    Synonym: varasto
  4. (usually in the plural) funds, means, assets
    Minulla ei ole tähän varaa.
    I can't afford this.
    (literally, “I don't have the funds for this.”)
    Synonyms: rahat, maksukyky (literally “ability to pay”), (asset) varallisuus
  5. (usually in the singular) room, margin; allowance
    Muista jättää kutistumisen varaa.
    Remember to leave an allowance for shrinking.
    Meillä ei ole varaa virheisiin.
    We have no margin for errors.
  6. (mostly in idioms and proverbs) caution, concern, care; often translated into English with an adjective, see also pitää varansa
    Pidä varasi, ettet putoa.
    Be careful so that you don't fall.
    Ei vara venettä kaada.
    Caution does not overturn a boat. (proverb)

Declension[edit]

Inflection of vara (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative vara varat
genitive varan varojen
partitive varaa varoja
illative varaan varoihin
singular plural
nominative vara varat
accusative nom. vara varat
gen. varan
genitive varan varojen
varainrare
partitive varaa varoja
inessive varassa varoissa
elative varasta varoista
illative varaan varoihin
adessive varalla varoilla
ablative varalta varoilta
allative varalle varoille
essive varana varoina
translative varaksi varoiksi
instructive — varoin
abessive varatta varoitta
comitative — varoineen
Possessive forms of vara (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person varani varamme
2nd person varasi varanne
3rd person varansa

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Compounds[edit]

This table also contains terms prefixed with vara-.

compounds

Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese vara (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin vāra.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

vara f (plural varas)

  1. a long and thin stick, pole or rod
    Synonym: valoira
  2. shoot; twig
  3. (dated or historical) cloth yard; a unit of length equivalent to half a braza (½ a fathom or a yard)
    • 1335, M. Lucas Álvarez & P. Lucas Domínguez (eds.), El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos. Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 463:
      que den a uos Eluira Perez en uossa vida de tres en tres annos çinquo varas de valacyna noua ou os dineiros para ella, quantos ella custar enna tenda
      they should give you, Elvira Pérez, throughout your life each three years, five yards of new Valencian cloth or the money for them, whatever it costs in the store

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • “vara” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “vara” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “vara” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “vara” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “vara” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Icelandic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse vara.

Noun[edit]

vara f (genitive singular vöru, nominative plural vörur)

  1. article, commodity
  2. (in the plural form) goods, wares, freight, commodities, merchandise
Declension[edit]
declension of vara
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vara varan vörur vörurnar
accusative vöru vöruna vörur vörurnar
dative vöru vörunni vörum vörunum
genitive vöru vörunnar vara varanna
Derived terms[edit]
plural form

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse vara, from Proto-Germanic *warōną.

Verb[edit]

vara (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative varaði, supine varað)

  1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to warn

Conjugation[edit]

vara — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að vara
supine
(sagnbót) 		varað
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		varandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég vara við vörum present
(nútíð) 		ég vari við vörum
þú varar þið varið þú varir þið varið
hann, hún, það varar þeir, þær, þau vara hann, hún, það vari þeir, þær, þau vari
past
(þátíð) 		ég varaði við vöruðum past
(þátíð) 		ég varaði við vöruðum
þú varaðir þið vöruðuð þú varaðir þið vöruðuð
hann, hún, það varaði þeir, þær, þau vöruðu hann, hún, það varaði þeir, þær, þau vöruðu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		vara (þú) varið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
varaðu variði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
varast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að varast
supine
(sagnbót) 		varast
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		varandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég varast við vörumst present
(nútíð) 		ég varist við vörumst
þú varast þið varist þú varist þið varist
hann, hún, það varast þeir, þær, þau varast hann, hún, það varist þeir, þær, þau varist
past
(þátíð) 		ég varaðist við vöruðumst past
(þátíð) 		ég varaðist við vöruðumst
þú varaðist þið vöruðust þú varaðist þið vöruðust
hann, hún, það varaðist þeir, þær, þau vöruðust hann, hún, það varaðist þeir, þær, þau vöruðust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		varast (þú) varist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
varastu varisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
varaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		varaður vöruð varað varaðir varaðar vöruð
accusative
(þolfall) 		varaðan varaða varað varaða varaðar vöruð
dative
(þágufall) 		vöruðum varaðri vöruðu vöruðum vöruðum vöruðum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		varaðs varaðrar varaðs varaðra varaðra varaðra
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		varaði varaða varaða vöruðu vöruðu vöruðu
accusative
(þolfall) 		varaða vöruðu varaða vöruðu vöruðu vöruðu
dative
(þágufall) 		varaða vöruðu varaða vöruðu vöruðu vöruðu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		varaða vöruðu varaða vöruðu vöruðu vöruðu
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

From Middle Low German waren (whence also Swedish vara, Norwegian vare, Danish vare), from Proto-Germanic *wazōną.

Verb[edit]

vara (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative varði, supine varað)

  1. (intransitive) to last, to continue, to go on
    Hvað varir þetta lengi?
    How long will this last?
  2. (intransitive) to last, to endure, to be permanent
Synonyms[edit]

Etymology 4[edit]

Verb[edit]

vara (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative varði, supine varað)

  1. (impersonal) to expect
    Gestirnir komu fyrr en mig varði.
    The guests arrived earlier than expected.
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 5[edit]

Noun[edit]

vara

  1. indefinite genitive plural of var

Etymology 6[edit]

Noun[edit]

vara

  1. indefinite genitive plural of vör

Ingrian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *vara, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *waraz. Cognates include Finnish vara and Estonian vara.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋɑrɑ/
  • Hyphenation: va‧ra

Noun[edit]

vara (genitive varan, partitive varraa)

  1. protection, safety
  2. property, possession
  3. alertness, awareness

Declension[edit]

Declension of vara (type 3/kana, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative vara varat
genitive varan varroin
partitive varraa varroja
illative varraa varroi
inessive varas varois
elative varast varoist
allative varalle varoille
adessive varal varoil
ablative varalt varoilt
translative varaks varoiks
essive varanna
varraan 		varoinna
varroin
exessive1) varant varoint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)

References[edit]

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 640

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈva.ra/
  • Hyphenation: và‧ro

Adjective[edit]

vara

  1. feminine singular of varo

Verb[edit]

vara

  1. inflection of varare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular present imperative

Anagrams[edit]

Karelian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Related to Finnish vara.

Noun[edit]

vara

  1. reserve

Ladino[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Spanish vara, ultimately derived from Latin vāra.

Noun[edit]

vara f (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling ב׳ארה‎, plural varas)

  1. stick, rod, crossbar
  2. (diminutive form, typography) The rafe lines in the shape of crossbars that can be used in Ladino orthography as diacritics on Hebrew script to alter the sound of letters to create new letters; a breve diacritic (˘) is placed on top of letters to form fricative consonant sounds, such as changing פ (/p/) into פﬞ (/f/); usually referred to by the diminutive varrica (“little crossbar”).

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From vārus.

Noun[edit]

vāra f (genitive vārae); first declension

  1. fork, forked branch
  2. tripod, easel

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vāra vārae
Genitive vārae vārārum
Dative vārae vārīs
Accusative vāram vārās
Ablative vārā vārīs
Vocative vāra vārae

Descendants[edit]

  • Catalan: vara
  • Galician: vara
  • Portuguese: vara
  • Spanish: vara

Adjective[edit]

vāra

  1. inflection of vārus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective[edit]

vārā

  1. ablative feminine singular of vārus

Latvian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

See varš.

Noun[edit]

vara m

  1. genitive singular form of varš

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

vara f (4th declension)

  1. power
Declension[edit]
Declension of vara (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) vara varas
accusative (akuzatīvs) varu varas
genitive (ģenitīvs) varas varu
dative (datīvs) varai varām
instrumental (instrumentālis) varu varām
locative (lokatīvs) varā varās
vocative (vokatīvs) vara varas

Northern Sami[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

vara

  1. accusative/genitive singular of varra

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

vara m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of vare

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

vara m (definite singular varaen, indefinite plural varaer or varaar, definite plural varaene or varaane)

  1. clipping of vararepresentant

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

vara (present tense varar/varer, past tense vara/varte, past participle vara/vart, passive infinitive varast, present participle varande, imperative var)

  1. alternative form of vare

Etymology 3[edit]

Verb[edit]

vara (present tense varar, past tense vara, past participle vara, passive infinitive varast, present participle varande, imperative var)

  1. alternative form of vare

Noun[edit]

vara f

  1. definite singular of vare

Etymology 4[edit]

Noun[edit]

vara n

  1. definite plural of var

Etymology 5[edit]

Verb[edit]

vara

  1. (dialectal, nonstandard) alternative form of vera
    • 1949, Prøysen, Alf, Dørstokken heme [The Doorstep at Home], Høvik, page 20:
      Nå kunde det vara det samma med alt.
      Now, it could be all the same [to him].

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Old Swedish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse vera, earlier vesa, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną. Cognate with Danish være, Icelandic vera.

Verb[edit]

vara

  1. To be
    1. to occupy a place, to be

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of vara
present past
infinitive vara, væra —
participle vara varin
active voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk æm, ær sē, sēi, sī, æri, væri — var, uas vāre
þū æst sē, sēi, sī, æri, væri æ vart, uast vāre
han ær sē, sēi, sī, æri, væri — var, uas vāre
vīr ærum sēin, varin, værin ærum vārom vāre
īr ærin sēn, vari, værin ærin vārin vāre
þēr æru, æra, aru sē — vāro vāre

Descendants[edit]

Pali[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Alternative scripts

Adjective[edit]

vara

  1. excellent
  2. noble

Declension[edit]

Declension table of "vara" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)varovarā
Accusative (second)varaṃvare
Instrumental (third)varenavarehi or varebhi
Dative (fourth)varassa or varāya or varatthaṃvarānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)varasmā or varamhā or varāvarehi or varebhi
Genitive (sixth)varassavarānaṃ
Locative (seventh)varasmiṃ or varamhi or varevaresu
Vocative (calling)varavarā
Declension table of "varā" (feminine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)varāvarāyo or varā
Accusative (second)varaṃvarāyo or varā
Instrumental (third)varāyavarāhi or varābhi
Dative (fourth)varāyavarānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)varāyavarāhi or varābhi
Genitive (sixth)varāyavarānaṃ
Locative (seventh)varāya or varāyaṃvarāsu
Vocative (calling)varevarāyo or varā
Declension table of "vara" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)varaṃvarāni
Accusative (second)varaṃvarāni
Instrumental (third)varenavarehi or varebhi
Dative (fourth)varassa or varāya or varatthaṃvarānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)varasmā or varamhā or varāvarehi or varebhi
Genitive (sixth)varassavarānaṃ
Locative (seventh)varasmiṃ or varamhi or varevaresu
Vocative (calling)varavarāni

Derived terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

vara m or n

  1. wish, boon, favour

Declension[edit]

As the masculine or neuter of the adjective above, as appropriate.

Verb[edit]

vara

  1. second-person singular imperative active of varati (“to desire”)

References[edit]

“vara”, in Pali Text Society, editor, Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, 1921-1925.

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Portuguese vara, from Latin vāra. Compare Spanish vara.

Noun[edit]

vara f (plural varas)

  1. a unit of length, a yard
  2. a stick, a twig
  3. a district court, an original court, a trial court/court of first instance
  4. (Brazil, vulgar, slang) The penis
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

vara

  1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of varar
  2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of varar

Further reading[edit]

  • “vara” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

vara

  1. in the summer

Noun[edit]

vara f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of vară

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Noun[edit]

vara (Cyrillic spelling вара)

  1. genitive singular of var

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaɾa/, [ˈba.ɾa]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin vāra.

Noun[edit]

vara f (plural varas)

  1. a long and thin stick, pole or rod
    Synonyms: palo, bastón, barra
  2. thin branch or cane (of a tree or bush)
    Synonym: rama
  3. staff of office (staff which denotes an official's position or social rank)
  4. (bullfighting) bullfighter's lance
  5. (historical) vara (unit of length, about 0.836 metres or three Spanish feet)
  6. (also figuratively) yardstick, standard (standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged)
    Synonym: estándar
    • 2020 October 4, Franco Mizrahi, “La doble vara de la Corte Suprema de Justicia: los casos sensibles que posterga el máximo tribunal”, in El Destape‎[1]:
      La inusual celeridad con la que la Corte Suprema de Justicia abordó el caso de los jueces Leopoldo Bruglia, Pablo Bertuzi y Germán Castelli expuso la doble vara con la que el Tribunal Supremo toma o deja los expedientes que le llegan.
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Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

vara

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of varar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of varar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of varar.

Further reading[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɑːˌra/, (verb, informal) /ˈvɑː/
  • audio
    		(file)
    • Pronunciation of the present tense form of vara (“to be”) varies geographically and depending on the formality of the language. The most formal pronunciation is /ɛːr/ with a varying degree of openness in the vowel. Less formal pronunciation in running speech varies between /eː/ and /ɛː/.
  • Rhymes: -ɑː

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Swedish vara, væra from Old Norse vera, earlier vesa, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną. Cognate with Danish være, Icelandic vera, Norwegian være.

Verb[edit]

vara (present är, preterite var, supine varit, imperative var)

  1. To be
    1. to occupy a place, to be (somewhere)
      Var har du varit?
      Where have you been?
    2. to occur, to take place
    3. (rare) to exist
      • c. 1847, Carl August Hagberg, translation of Shakespeare's Hamlet (c. 1601), act 3, scene 1
        Att vara eller icke vara, det är frågan: / Månn’ ädlare att lida och fördraga / Ett bittert ödes styng och pilar eller / Att ta till vapen mot ett haf af qval
        To be or not to be– that is the question: / Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer / The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, / Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
    4. (copulative) indicates that the subject and object are the same
    5. (copulative, mathematics) indicates that the values on either side of an equation are the same
    6. (copulative) indicates that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal
    7. (copulative) connects a noun to an adjective that describes it
      • 1917 translation, the Bible, Deuteronomy (Femte Mosebok), 1:26
        Men I villen icke draga ditupp, utan voren gensträviga mot HERRENS, eder Guds, befallning.
        Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God.
    8. used to form the passive voice, when stressing the end result of the process
    9. (archaic) used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs
      Jag är uppstigen sedan en timme.
      I have been out of bed for an hour.
    10. used to indicate things like age, height, temperature, weather, ...
Usage notes[edit]

Although the past subjunctive in most verbs is viewed as dated (see: Appendix:Swedish verbs), vore is still very much in use by young speakers, even in informal or colloquial language.

Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of vara (irregular)
Active Passive
Infinitive vara —
Supine varit —
Imperative var —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative är var — —
Indicative plural1 äro voro — —
Subjunctive2 vare vore — —
Participles
Present participle varande
Past participle —
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
See also:
  • ären (archaic second person plural indicative)
  • voren (archaic second person past plural indicative)
  • varen (archaic second person plural imperative)
Alternative forms[edit]
  • va (strongly colloquial)
Synonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

vara n

  1. existence, being
    Varats olidliga lätthet
    The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1984 novel by Milan Kundera)
Declension[edit]
Declension of vara 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative vara varat — —
Genitive varas varats — —

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Swedish vara, from Middle Low German waren, from Old Saxon waron, from Proto-Germanic *warōną. Cognate with Danish vare

Verb[edit]

vara (present varar, preterite varade, supine varat, imperative vara)

  1. to last
    Mötet varade flera timmar.
    The meeting lasted several hours.
    Mjölken varar längre i kylskåpet.
    The milk will last longer in the fridge.
    Synonyms: fortfara, hålla på, pågå
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of vara (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive vara —
Supine varat —
Imperative vara —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative varar varade — —
Indicative plural1 vara varade — —
Subjunctive2 vare varade — —
Participles
Present participle varande
Past participle —
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

From Old Swedish vara, from Old Norse vari, cognate with Danish vare, possibly from an unattested Old Swedish vari (care), related to Icelandic vari (“caution, carefullness”), but influenced by Middle Low German ware namen, related to German wahren, wahrnehmen.

Noun[edit]

vara c

  1. care
    ta vara på
    take care of, keep, not throw away, not waste
    ta sig till vara
    be careful, beware
Usage notes[edit]
  • Only used in expressions like the ones in the usage examples above.

Etymology 4[edit]

From Old Swedish vara, from Old Norse vara, from Middle Low German ware. Cognate with Danish vare, German Ware, English ware. Could be related to Sanskrit vara- (valuable).

Noun[edit]

vara c

  1. a ware, goods, article
Declension[edit]
Declension of vara 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative vara varan varor varorna
Genitive varas varans varors varornas
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 5[edit]

Attested since 1664. From var (“pus”) +‎ -a.

Verb[edit]

vara (present varar, preterite varade, supine varat, imperative vara)

  1. to generate pus
    Såret började vara efter några timmar.
    The wound began to fill with pus after a few hours.
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of vara (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive vara varas
Supine varat varats
Imperative vara —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative varar varade varas varades
Indicative plural1 vara varade varas varades
Subjunctive2 vare varade vares varades
Participles
Present participle varande
Past participle —
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Veps[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Related to Finnish vara.

Noun[edit]

vara

  1. stock, store, inventory
  2. resource
  3. asset

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of vara
nominative sing. vara
genitive sing. varan
partitive sing. varad
partitive plur. varoid
singular plural
nominative vara varad
accusative varan varad
genitive varan varoiden
partitive varad varoid
essive-instructive varan varoin
translative varaks varoikš
inessive varas varoiš
elative varaspäi varoišpäi
illative ? varoihe
adessive varal varoil
ablative varalpäi varoilpäi
allative varale varoile
abessive varata varoita
comitative varanke varoidenke
prolative varadme varoidme
approximative I varanno varoidenno
approximative II varannoks varoidennoks
egressive varannopäi varoidennopäi
terminative I ? varoihesai
terminative II varalesai varoilesai
terminative III varassai —
additive I ? varoihepäi
additive II varalepäi varoilepäi

References[edit]

Westrobothnian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

vara

  1. Alternative present plural form of vera in sothern dialects.
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