verna

See also: Verna and верна

Latin

Etymology

Possibly an Etruscan borrowing, though a Proto-Indo-European origin would suggest connections with Sanskrit वास्तु (vā́stu, “house”), Ancient Greek ἄστυ (ástu), Latin vās, Old Norse vist, all referring to "abode" or "utensils".

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯er.na/, [ˈu̯ɛrnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈver.na/, [ˈvɛrnä]

Noun

verna m (genitive vernae); first declension

1. a slave born in his master's house, a homeborn slave.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	verna	vernae
Genitive	vernae	vernārum
Dative	vernae	vernīs
Accusative	vernam	vernās
Ablative	vernā	vernīs
Vocative	verna	vernae

Derived terms

• vernāculus
• vernīlis

Descendants

• Portuguese: verna

References

• “verna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “verna”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• verna in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• verna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “verna”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “verna”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• vernet

Verb

verna

1. inflection of verne:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• verne

Etymology

From Old Norse verna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɛrna/

Verb

verna (present tense vernar, past tense verna, past participle verna, passive infinitive vernast, present participle vernande, imperative verna/vern)

1. defend, protect

   Det gjeld å verna om interessene sine.

   It is important to protect one's interests.

Synonyms

• verja/verje
• tryggja/tryggje

Noun

verna n pl

1. definite plural of vern

References

• “verna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old Norse

Etymology

From the root of vǫrn (“defence”).

Verb

verna (singular past indicative vernaða, plural past indicative vernuðu, past participle vernaðr)

1. defend, protect

Descendants

• Danish: værne
• Norwegian: verne
• Swedish: värna

References

• “verna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “verna”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “verna”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• verna in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “verna”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “verna”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin