varr

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *ā̆ur(V)n, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁er-, close to Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌾𐍉𐌽𐍃 (aurahjōns, monuments, tombs),[2] Old English ēar (grave, earth).

Noun

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varr m (plural varre, definite varri, definite plural varret)

  1. grave

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 174, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
  2. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 409

Hungarian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finno-Ugric *worka-. Cognates include Komi-Zyrian вурны (vurny) and Udmurt вурыны (vuryny).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈvɒrː]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: varr
  • Rhymes: -ɒrː

Verb

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varr

  1. (transitive) to sew (to use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through pieces of fabric in order to join them together)

Usage notes

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Not to be confused with var.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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(With verbal prefixes):

Further reading

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  • varr in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Middle Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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varr

  1. Soft mutation of barr.

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *waraz.

Adjective

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varr

  1. aware
  2. wary

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: var
  • Faroese: varur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: var
  • Norwegian Bokmål: var
  • Swedish: var
  • Danish: var

References

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  • varr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press