vir

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See also: Vir, VIR, vír, and -vir-

Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch voor.

Pronunciation[edit]

Preposition[edit]

vir

  1. for

Baure[edit]

Noun[edit]

vir

  1. wind

Czech[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from modern European languages, English virus, French virus, German Virus, which are all from Latin virus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

vir m

  1. virus

Declension[edit]

Declension
singular plural
nominative vir viry
genitive viru virů
dative viru virům
accusative vir viry
vocative vire viry
locative viru virech
instrumental virem viry

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • vir in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • vir in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Galician[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Portuguese vĩir, from Latin venīre, present active infinitive of veniō.

Verb[edit]

vir (first-person singular present veño, first-person singular preterite vin, past participle vido)

  1. to come
  2. first-person singular personal infinitive of vir
  3. third-person singular personal infinitive of vir
Conjugation[edit]
    Conjugation of vir (irregular)
infinitive vir
gerund vindo
past participle singular plural
masculine vindo, vido vindos, vidos
feminine vinda, vida vindas, vidas
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative eu ti el / ela nós vós eles / elas
present veño vés vén vimos vindes, vides veñen
imperfect viña viñas viña viñamos viñades viñan
preterite vin viñeches veu viñemos viñestes viñeron
pluperfect viñera viñeras viñera viñeramos viñerades viñeran
future virei virás virá viremos viredes virán
conditional viría virías viría viriamos viriades virían
subjunctive eu ti el / ela nós vós eles / elas
present veña veñas veña veñamos veñades veñan
preterite viñese viñeses viñese viñésemos viñésedes viñesen
future viñer viñeres viñer viñermos viñerdes viñeren
imperative eu ti el / ela nós vós eles / elas
— ven — — vinde, vide —
personal infinitive eu ti el / ela nós vós eles / elas
vir vires vir virmos virdes viren
Antonyms[edit]
  • (to come): ir
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Inflected form of ver (“to see”).

Verb[edit]

vir

  1. first-person singular future subjunctive of ver
  2. third-person singular future subjunctive of ver

Kurdish[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

vir

  1. here

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Italic *wiros, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós. Cognates include Sanskrit वीर (vīrá), Old Prussian wijrs, Lithuanian vyras, Latvian vīrs, Old Irish fer, Old Norse verr, Ossetian ир (ir, “Ossetians”) and Old English wer (English were-).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

vir m (genitive virī); second declension

  1. male human, man; man (human)
  2. grown man
  3. brave man, hero
  4. husband
  5. (in military contexts) foot soldier

Inflection[edit]

Second declension, nominative singular in -r.

Case Singular Plural
nominative vir virī
genitive virī virōrum
dative virō virīs
accusative virum virōs
ablative virō virīs
vocative vir1 virī

1May also be vire.

Synonyms[edit]

Hypernyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • vir in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vir in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vir in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • Pericles, the greatest man of his day: Pericles summus vir illius aetatis
    • Pericles, the greatest man of his day: Pericles, vir omnium, qui tum fuerunt, clarissimus
    • a man of considerable learning for those times: vir ut temporibus illis doctus
    • a man of ability: vir magno ingenio, ingeniosus
    • a man of ability: vir magno ingenio praeditus
    • a man of learning; a scholar; a savant: vir or homo doctus, litteratus
    • a great scholar: vir doctissimus
    • a man of profound erudition: vir perfecte planeque eruditus
    • a man perfect in all branches of learning: vir omni doctrina eruditus
    • the learned men are most unanimous in..: summa est virorum doctissimorum consensio (opp. dissensio)
    • a man of character, with a strong personality: vir constans, gravis (opp. homo inconstans, levis)
    • a man who has held every office (up to the consulship): vir defunctus honoribus
    • a hero: vir fortissimus
    • (ambiguous) many learned men; many scholars: multi viri docti, or multi et ii docti (not multi docti)
    • (ambiguous) to separate (of the woman): repudium remittere viro (Dig. 24. 3)
    • (ambiguous) statesmen: viri rerum civilium, rei publicae gerendae periti or viri in re publica prudentes
    • (ambiguous) men of rank and dignity: viri clari et honorati (De Sen. 7. 22)

Luxembourgish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

vir

  1. ahead, at the front, at the fore

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Minoan[edit]

Noun[edit]

vir

  1. man

Old Swedish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse vír, variant of vér, from Proto-Germanic *wīz.

Pronoun[edit]

vīr

  1. we

Declension[edit]

Old Swedish personal pronouns
first person second person reflexive third person
masculine feminine neuter
singular
nominative iak, iæk þū — han hōn þæt
accusative mik þik sik han hana, hōna þæt
dative mǣr, mik þǣr, þik sǣr, sik hōnum, hānum hænni þȳ, þī
genitive mīn þīn sīn hans hænna(r) þæs
dual
nominative vit it — — — —
accusative oker *iker sik — — —
dative oker *iker sǣr, sik — — —
genitive okar *ikar sīn — — —
plural
nominative vī(r) ī(r) — þē(r) þā(r) þø̄n, þē(n)
accusative os, ōs iþer sik þā þā(r) þø̄n, þē(n)
dative os, ōs iþer sǣr, sik þēm, þø̄m, þom þēm, þø̄m, þom þēm, þø̄m, þom
genitive vār iþar sīn þēra þēra þēra

Descendants[edit]

  • Swedish: vi

Picard[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French veoir, veir, from earlier vedeir, from Latin vidēre, present active infinitive of videō.

Verb[edit]

vir

  1. to see

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Portuguese vĩir, from Latin venīre, present active infinitive of veniō, from Proto-Italic *gʷenjō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti, from zero-grade of *gʷem- + *-yéti.

Related to Spanish venir, French venir, Italian venire, Romanian veni.

Verb[edit]

vir (first-person singular present indicative venho, past participle vindo)

  1. (intransitive) to come (to move towards the speaker or the agent)
    Ele veio me cumprimentar.
    He came to greet me.
  2. (intransitive) to come; to arrive (to reach a destination, especially where the speaker is)
    Venha antes das seis se quiser jantar.
    Come before six if you want to have dinner.
    Synonyms: chegar
  3. (intransitive) to come (to manifest itself; to occur)
    Os meses vêm e vão.
    The months come and go.
  4. (intransitive) to come (to be located in a certain position in a sequence)
    A palavra coçar vem depois de cocar no dicionário.
    The word coçar comes after cocar in the dictionary.
  5. (transitive with de) to come from; to be from (to have as one’s place of origin)
    Eles vêm de vários países.
    They come from various countries.
    Essa bota é uma porcaria porque vem da China.
    This boot is crap because it is from China.
    Synonyms: ser de
  6. (transitive with de) to be caused by; to be due to
    Meu sofrimento vem das misérias da vida.
    My suffering is due to life’s miseries.
  7. (intransitive, or transitive with de) to come back (from); to return (from)
    Quando que o pai vem das férias?
    When is dad coming back from his vacation?
    Synonyms: volta, retornar, tornar
  8. (auxiliary, with a verb in the gerund) have/has been (forms the present perfect progressive aspect)
    Eu venho comendo pizza todos os dias.
    I have been eating pizza every day.
  9. (auxiliary with a and a verb in the infinitive) to end up (to eventually do)
    Meu irmão veio a se tornar padre.
    My brother ended up becoming a priest.
    Synonyms: acabar
  10. (colloquial, intransitive, or transitive with com) to bitch; to whine (to complain, especially unnecessarily)
    Não venha com essa.
    Stop whining.
Conjugation[edit]
  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ir verb vir
Notes:[edit]
  • This is an irregular verb of the -ir group.
  • Verbs with this conjugation include: vir.
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu)		 Second-person
(tu)		 Third-person
(ele / ela / você)		 First-person
(nós)		 Second-person
(vós)		 Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal vir
Personal vir vires vir virmos virdes virem
Gerund
vindo
Past participle
Masculine vindo vindos
Feminine vinda vindas
Indicative
Present venho vens vem vimos vindes vêm
Imperfect vinha vinhas vinha vínhamos vínheis vinham
Preterite vim vieste veio viemos viestes vieram
Pluperfect viera vieras viera viéramos viéreis vieram
Future virei virás virá viremos vireis virão
Conditional
viria virias viria viríamos viríeis viriam
Subjunctive
Present venha venhas venha venhamos venhais venham
Imperfect viesse viesses viesse viéssemos viésseis viessem
Future vier vieres vier viermos vierdes vierem
Imperative
Affirmative - vem venha venhamos vinde venham
Negative (não) - venhas venha venhamos venhais venham
Quotations[edit]

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:vir.

Etymology 2[edit]

From the verb ver (“to see”).

Verb[edit]

vir

  1. first-person singular (eu) future subjunctive of ver
  2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) future subjunctive of ver
Quotations[edit]

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:ver.

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *virъ

Noun[edit]

vir m (Cyrillic spelling вир)

  1. whirlpool
  2. (regional) source

Declension[edit]

Declension of vir
singular plural
nominative vir virovi
genitive vira virova
dative viru virovima
accusative vir virove
vocative viru virovi
locative viru virovima
instrumental virom virovima

Slovene[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

vír m inan (genitive víra, nominative plural víri)

  1. source (of water; e.g. a spring or well)
  2. source, origin

Declension[edit]

Declension of vír (masculine inan., hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative vír víra víri
accusative vír víra víre
genitive víra vírov vírov
dative víru víroma vírom
locative víru vírih vírih
instrumental vírom víroma víri
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