vari

See also: Appendix:Variations of "vari"

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English

Etymology

Compare French vari.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑːɹi

Noun

vari (plural varis)

1. (archaic) The ring-tailed lemur.

See also

• Kamkata-vari
• Kata-vari

References

• “vari”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Ravi, Riva, Viar, riva, vair, vira

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin varius. Doublet of vair and vaire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈba.ɾi]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈva.ɾi]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Adjective

vari (feminine vària, masculine plural varis, feminine plural vàries)

1. variable, changeable

   Synonym: mudable

2. varied, diverse

   Synonym: divers

Related terms

• variar
• variat

Further reading

• “vari”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Czech

Etymology

Related to varovat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvarɪ]
• Hyphenation: va‧ri

Interjection

vari

1. go away!
   • 1853, Karel Jaromír Erben, “Vodník”, in Kytice:

     Vari od našeho prahu, vari pryč, ty lstivý vrahu, a kdo tobě prve stlával, ať ti zase ustele!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “vari”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “vari”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “vari”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *varjo, from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*warjōn). Cognates include Swedish värja, Danish værge and Finnish varjo.

Noun

vari (genitive varju, partitive varju)

1. shadow
2. shade
3. shelter

Declension

Declension of vari (ÕS type 24e/tühi, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		vari	varjud
accusative	nom.
	gen.	varju
genitive			varjude
partitive		varju	varje varjusid
illative		varju varjusse	varjudesse varjesse
inessive		varjus	varjudes varjes
elative		varjust	varjudest varjest
allative		varjule	varjudele varjele
adessive		varjul	varjudel varjel
ablative		varjult	varjudelt varjelt
translative		varjuks	varjudeks varjeks
terminative		varjuni	varjudeni
essive		varjuna	varjudena
abessive		varjuta	varjudeta
comitative		varjuga	varjudega

Derived terms

• lambivari
• vihmavari

Further reading

• “vari”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “vari”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• vari in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑri/, [ˈʋɑ̝ri]
• Rhymes: -ɑri
• Syllabification^(key): va‧ri
• Hyphenation^(key): va‧ri

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Russian вар (var).

Noun

vari (dialectal)

1. hot weather

   Synonym: helle

Declension

Inflection of vari (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		vari	varit
genitive		varin	varien
partitive		varia	vareja
illative		variin	vareihin
		singular	plural
nominative		vari	varit
accusative	nom.	vari	varit
	gen.	varin
genitive		varin	varien
partitive		varia	vareja
inessive		varissa	vareissa
elative		varista	vareista
illative		variin	vareihin
adessive		varilla	vareilla
ablative		varilta	vareilta
allative		varille	vareille
essive		varina	vareina
translative		variksi	vareiksi
abessive		varitta	vareitta
instructive		—	varein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of vari (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative varini varini accusative nom. varini varini gen. varini genitive varini varieni partitive variani varejani inessive varissani vareissani elative varistani vareistani illative variini vareihini adessive varillani vareillani ablative variltani vareiltani allative varilleni vareilleni essive varinani vareinani translative varikseni vareikseni abessive varittani vareittani instructive — — comitative — vareineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative varisi varisi accusative nom. varisi varisi gen. varisi genitive varisi variesi partitive variasi varejasi inessive varissasi vareissasi elative varistasi vareistasi illative variisi vareihisi adessive varillasi vareillasi ablative variltasi vareiltasi allative varillesi vareillesi essive varinasi vareinasi translative variksesi vareiksesi abessive varittasi vareittasi instructive — — comitative — vareinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative varimme varimme accusative nom. varimme varimme gen. varimme genitive varimme variemme partitive variamme varejamme inessive varissamme vareissamme elative varistamme vareistamme illative variimme vareihimme adessive varillamme vareillamme ablative variltamme vareiltamme allative varillemme vareillemme essive varinamme vareinamme translative variksemme vareiksemme abessive varittamme vareittamme instructive — — comitative — vareinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative varinne varinne accusative nom. varinne varinne gen. varinne genitive varinne varienne partitive varianne varejanne inessive varissanne vareissanne elative varistanne vareistanne illative variinne vareihinne adessive varillanne vareillanne ablative variltanne vareiltanne allative varillenne vareillenne essive varinanne vareinanne translative variksenne vareiksenne abessive varittanne vareittanne instructive — — comitative — vareinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative varinsa varinsa accusative nom. varinsa varinsa gen. varinsa genitive varinsa variensa partitive variaan variansa varejaan varejansa inessive varissaan varissansa vareissaan vareissansa elative varistaan varistansa vareistaan vareistansa illative variinsa vareihinsa adessive varillaan varillansa vareillaan vareillansa ablative variltaan variltansa vareiltaan vareiltansa allative varilleen varillensa vareilleen vareillensa essive varinaan varinansa vareinaan vareinansa translative varikseen variksensa vareikseen vareiksensa abessive varittaan varittansa vareittaan vareittansa instructive — — comitative — vareineen vareinensa

Derived terms

• varikoinen

compounds

• varilimppu

Further reading

• “2. vari”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English var.

Noun

vari

1. var (unit of electrical power)

Declension

Inflection of vari (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		vari	varit
genitive		varin	varien
partitive		varia	vareja
illative		variin	vareihin
		singular	plural
nominative		vari	varit
accusative	nom.	vari	varit
	gen.	varin
genitive		varin	varien
partitive		varia	vareja
inessive		varissa	vareissa
elative		varista	vareista
illative		variin	vareihin
adessive		varilla	vareilla
ablative		varilta	vareilta
allative		varille	vareille
essive		varina	vareina
translative		variksi	vareiksi
abessive		varitta	vareitta
instructive		—	varein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of vari (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative varini varini accusative nom. varini varini gen. varini genitive varini varieni partitive variani varejani inessive varissani vareissani elative varistani vareistani illative variini vareihini adessive varillani vareillani ablative variltani vareiltani allative varilleni vareilleni essive varinani vareinani translative varikseni vareikseni abessive varittani vareittani instructive — — comitative — vareineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative varisi varisi accusative nom. varisi varisi gen. varisi genitive varisi variesi partitive variasi varejasi inessive varissasi vareissasi elative varistasi vareistasi illative variisi vareihisi adessive varillasi vareillasi ablative variltasi vareiltasi allative varillesi vareillesi essive varinasi vareinasi translative variksesi vareiksesi abessive varittasi vareittasi instructive — — comitative — vareinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative varimme varimme accusative nom. varimme varimme gen. varimme genitive varimme variemme partitive variamme varejamme inessive varissamme vareissamme elative varistamme vareistamme illative variimme vareihimme adessive varillamme vareillamme ablative variltamme vareiltamme allative varillemme vareillemme essive varinamme vareinamme translative variksemme vareiksemme abessive varittamme vareittamme instructive — — comitative — vareinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative varinne varinne accusative nom. varinne varinne gen. varinne genitive varinne varienne partitive varianne varejanne inessive varissanne vareissanne elative varistanne vareistanne illative variinne vareihinne adessive varillanne vareillanne ablative variltanne vareiltanne allative varillenne vareillenne essive varinanne vareinanne translative variksenne vareiksenne abessive varittanne vareittanne instructive — — comitative — vareinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative varinsa varinsa accusative nom. varinsa varinsa gen. varinsa genitive varinsa variensa partitive variaan variansa varejaan varejansa inessive varissaan varissansa vareissaan vareissansa elative varistaan varistansa vareistaan vareistansa illative variinsa vareihinsa adessive varillaan varillansa vareillaan vareillansa ablative variltaan variltansa vareiltaan vareiltansa allative varilleen varillensa vareilleen vareillensa essive varinaan varinansa vareinaan vareinansa translative varikseen variksensa vareikseen vareiksensa abessive varittaan varittansa vareittaan vareittansa instructive — — comitative — vareineen vareinensa

Further reading

• “1. vari”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

Anagrams

• Arvi, ravi

Icelandic

Noun

vari

1. indefinite dative singular of var

Ido

Noun

vari

1. plural of varo: wares, commodities, goods; merchandise

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian вар (var, “boiling water”). Compare dialectal Finnish vari (“hot weather”).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑri/, [ˈʋɑriˑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑri/, [ˈʋɑriˑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑri
• Hyphenation: va‧ri

Noun

vari

1. heat

Adjective

vari (comparative varimp)

1. hot
   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 13:

     Äkkistää mikälee vari ja märkä toukkais hänt kättee.

     Suddenly something hot and wet pushed against her hand.

   • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 641:

     Afrikan ja Läns-Aazian variloil steeppilöil ellää suur vihakas hiisnikka - leva.

     In the hot steppes of Africa and West-Asia lives a big angry predator - the lion.

Declension

Declension of vari (type 5/vahti, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	vari	varit
genitive	varin	varriin, variloin
partitive	varria	varija, variloja
illative	varrii	varrii, variloihe
inessive	varis	variis, varilois
elative	varist	variist, variloist
allative	varille	variille, variloille
adessive	varil	variil, variloil
ablative	varilt	variilt, variloilt
translative	variks	variiks, variloiks
essive	varinna, varriin	variinna, variloinna, varriin, variloin
exessive1)	varint	variint, variloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

• (hot): kuuma

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “hot”): kylmä, viluin
• (antonym(s) of “hotness”): kylmä, vilu, kylmys

Derived terms

• kesävari
• varistaa
• varitauti

References

• Fedor Tumansky (1790), “вари”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 677
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 641

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈva.ri/
• Rhymes: -ari
• Hyphenation: và‧ri

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

vari

1. masculine plural of vario

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

vari m

1. plural of vario

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

vari m

1. plural of varo

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vari

1. inflection of varare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vari

1. inflection of variare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• riva, vira

Latin

Adjective

vārī

1. inflection of vārus:
   1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
   2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

References

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “vari”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
• “vari”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Latvian

Verb

vari

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

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvä̌ːrʲɪ]

Noun

vãri

1. vocative singular of vãris (“copper”)

Old Norse

Etymology 1

Related to varr (“aware, wary”).

Noun

vari m

1. wariness

Declension

Declension of vari (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vari	varinn	varar	vararnir
accusative	vara	varann	vara	varana
dative	vara	varanum	vǫrum	vǫrunum
genitive	vara	varans	vara	varanna

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- (“water, rain, flow”); see the Latin river Avara. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Missing Proto-Germanic link

Noun

vari m

1. the watery substance of the blood

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “vari”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
• “vari”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
• Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 231

Old Swedish

Verb

vari

1. second-person plural present subjunctive of vara

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvari/

Adjective

vari

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

vari (Cyrillic spelling вари)

1. genitive/dative/vocative/locative singular of var

Verb

vari (Cyrillic spelling вари)

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

Siraya

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *bali.

Noun

vari

1. wind

References

• Li, Jen-Kuei (2010), “vari”, in 新港文書研究 [Studies of Sinkang Manuscripts] (in Chinese), Taipei: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, →ISBN, page 637

Swedish

Etymology

var (“where”) +‎ i (“in”)

Adverb

vari (not comparable)

1. (formal) wherein, in which

References

• “vari”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “vari”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• Ivar, riva, vira

Võro

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *varjo. Related to Estonian vari, Finnish varjo.

Noun

vari (genitive vaŕo, partitive varjo)

1. shadow

Declension

Inflection of vari

	singular	plural
nominative	vari	vaŕoq
accusative	vaŕo	vaŕoq
genitive	vaŕo	varjõ varja
partitive	varjo	varjõ varja
illative	varjo	varjõ varjõhe varja varjahe
inessive	vaŕon vaŕohn	vaŕõn vaŕan vaŕõhn vaŕahn
elative	vaŕost	vaŕõst vaŕast
allative	vaŕolõ	vaŕõlõ vaŕalõ
adessive	vaŕol	vaŕõl vaŕal
ablative	vaŕolt	vaŕõlt vaŕalt
translative	vaŕos	vaŕõs vaŕas
terminative	vaŕoniq	vaŕõniq vaŕaniq
abessive	vaŕoldaq	vaŕõldaq vaŕaldaq
comitative	vaŕogaq	varjõgaq varjagaq

Votic

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian вар (var).

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA^(key): /ˈvɑri/, [ˈvɑrʲi]
• (Jõgõperä) IPA^(key): /ˈvɑri/, [ˈvɑrʲi]
• Rhymes: -ɑri
• Hyphenation: va‧ri

Adjective

vari

1. hot

   Synonyms: kuumõ, palavõ (dialectal)

Noun

vari

1. hot weather
2. heat, hotness
3. fever

Inflection

Declension of vari (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	vari	varid
genitive	vari	varijõ
partitive	varria	variit
illative	varisõ, varri	variisõ
inessive	variz	variiz
elative	variss	variiss
allative	varillõ	variillõ
adessive	varill	variill
ablative	varilt	variilt
translative	varissi	variissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. For dialectal differences between case endings, see Appendix:Votic dialects.

References

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “vari”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎^[3], 2nd edition, Tallinn