varr

Albanian

Alternative forms

• vorr — Gheg

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *ā̆ur(V)n, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁er-, close to Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌾𐍉𐌼 (aurahjōm, “monuments, tombs”, dat. pl.), Old English ēar (“grave, earth”).

Noun

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

1. grave

Declension

Declension of varr

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	varr	varri	varre	varret
accusative		varrin
dative	varri	varrit	varreve	varreve
ablative			varresh

Derived terms

• varrezë
• varrim

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɒrː]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: varr
• Rhymes: -ɒrː

Verb

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

Not to be confused with var.

Conjugation

Conjugation of varr

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
indica­tive	indica­tive	pre­sent	indef.	varrok	varrsz	varr	varrunk	varrtok	varrnak
			def.	varrom	varrod	varrja	varrjuk	varrjátok	varrják
			2nd obj	varrlak
		past	indef.	varrtam	varrtál	varrt	varrtunk	varrtatok	varrtak
			def.	varrtam	varrtad	varrta	varrtuk	varrtátok	varrták
			2nd obj	varrtalak
		future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. varrni fog.
archaic preterite		indef.	varrék	varrál	varra	varránk	varrátok	varrának
		def.	varrám	varrád	varrá	varránk	varrátok	varrák
		2nd obj	varrálak
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. varr vala, varrt vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	varrandok	varrandasz	varrand	varrandunk	varrandotok	varrandanak
	def.	varrandom	varrandod	varrandja	varrandjuk	varrandjátok	varrandják
	2nd obj	varrandalak
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	varrnék	varrnál	varrna	varrnánk	varrnátok	varrnának
		def.	varrnám	varrnád	varrná	varrnánk (or varrnók)	varrnátok	varrnák
		2nd obj	varrnálak
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. varrt volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	varrjak	varrj or varrjál	varrjon	varrjunk	varrjatok	varrjanak
			def.	varrjam	varrd or varrjad	varrja	varrjuk	varrjátok	varrják
			2nd obj	varrjalak
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. varrt légyen
infinitive	varrni		varrnom	varrnod	varrnia	varrnunk	varrnotok	varrniuk
other forms	verbal noun		present part.	past part.	future part.	adverbial participle		causative
	varrás		varró	varrt or varrott	varrandó	varrva (varrván)
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).

Potential conjugation of varr

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
indica­tive	indica­tive	pre­sent	indef.	varrhatok	varrhatsz	varrhat	varrhatunk	varrhattok	varrhatnak
			def.	varrhatom	varrhatod	varrhatja	varrhatjuk	varrhatjátok	varrhatják
			2nd obj	varrhatlak
		past	indef.	varrhattam	varrhattál	varrhatott	varrhattunk	varrhattatok	varrhattak
			def.	varrhattam	varrhattad	varrhatta	varrhattuk	varrhattátok	varrhatták
			2nd obj	varrhattalak
archaic preterite		indef.	varrhaték	varrhatál	varrhata	varrhatánk	varrhatátok	varrhatának
		def.	varrhatám	varrhatád	varrhatá	varrhatánk	varrhatátok	varrhaták
		2nd obj	varrhatálak
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. varrhat vala, varrhatott vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	varrhatandok or varrandhatok	varrhatandasz or varrandhatsz	varrhatand or varrandhat	varrhatandunk or varrandhatunk	varrhatandotok or varrandhattok	varrhatandanak or varrandhatnak
	def.	varrhatandom or varrandhatom	varrhatandod or varrandhatod	varrhatandja or varrandhatja	varrhatandjuk or varrandhatjuk	varrhatandjátok or varrandhatjátok	varrhatandják or varrandhatják
	2nd obj	varrhatandalak or varrandhatlak
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	varrhatnék	varrhatnál	varrhatna	varrhatnánk	varrhatnátok	varrhatnának
		def.	varrhatnám	varrhatnád	varrhatná	varrhatnánk (or varrhatnók)	varrhatnátok	varrhatnák
		2nd obj	varrhatnálak
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. varrhatott volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	varrhassak	varrhass or varrhassál	varrhasson	varrhassunk	varrhassatok	varrhassanak
			def.	varrhassam	varrhasd or varrhassad	varrhassa	varrhassuk	varrhassátok	varrhassák
			2nd obj	varrhassalak
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. varrhatott légyen
infinitive	(varrhatni)		(varrhatnom)	(varrhatnod)	(varrhatnia)	(varrhatnunk)	(varrhatnotok)	(varrhatniuk)
other forms	positive adjective			negative adjective		adverbial participle
	varrható			varrhatatlan		(varrhatva / varrhatván)

Derived terms

• varrat
• varratlan
• varrás
• varroda
• varrott
• varró

(With verbal prefixes):

• átvarr
• bevarr
• elvarr
• felvarr
• hozzávarr
• kivarr
• levarr
• megvarr
• összevarr
• rávarr

Further reading

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

Middle Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /var/

Noun

varr

1. soft mutation of barr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *waraz.

Adjective

varr

1. aware
2. wary

Declension

Strong declension of varr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	varr	vǫr	vart
accusative	varan	vara	vart
dative	vǫrum	varri	vǫru
genitive	vars	varrar	vars
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	varir	varar	vǫr
accusative	vara	varar	vǫr
dative	vǫrum	vǫrum	vǫrum
genitive	varra	varra	varra

Weak declension of varr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vari	vara	vara
accusative	vara	vǫru	vara
dative	vara	vǫru	vara
genitive	vara	vǫru	vara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vǫru	vǫru	vǫru
accusative	vǫru	vǫru	vǫru
dative	vǫrum	vǫrum	vǫrum
genitive	vǫru	vǫru	vǫru

Declension of comparative of varr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	varari	varari	varara
accusative	varara	varari	varara
dative	varara	varari	varara
genitive	varara	varari	varara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	varari	varari	varari
accusative	varari	varari	varari
dative	vǫrurum	vǫrurum	vǫrurum
genitive	varari	varari	varari

Strong declension of superlative of varr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	varastr	vǫrust	varast
accusative	varastan	varasta	varast
dative	vǫrustum	varastri	vǫrustu
genitive	varasts	varastrar	varasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	varastir	varastar	vǫrust
accusative	varasta	varastar	vǫrust
dative	vǫrustum	vǫrustum	vǫrustum
genitive	varastra	varastra	varastra

Weak declension of superlative of varr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	varasti	varasta	varasta
accusative	varasta	vǫrustu	varasta
dative	varasta	vǫrustu	varasta
genitive	varasta	vǫrustu	varasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vǫrustu	vǫrustu	vǫrustu
accusative	vǫrustu	vǫrustu	vǫrustu
dative	vǫrustum	vǫrustum	vǫrustum
genitive	vǫrustu	vǫrustu	vǫrustu

Derived terms

• vari
• varzla

Related terms

• vara
• vǫrðr

Descendants

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

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “varr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive