ver

Etymology

Of unknown origin.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛr]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛr

Verb

ver

1. (transitive) to beat, bang, throb
2. (transitive) to mill
3. (transitive, of coins) to mint, strike
4. (intransitive) to pant, palpitate

References

Further reading

• ver 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛːr/

  Rhymes: -ɛːr

  Homophone: Ver

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse verr, from Proto-Germanic *weraz, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós. Cognate with English were-.

Etymology 2

A 19th century alteration of earlier vör, from Old Norse vǫrr, from Proto-Germanic *warzuz.

Etymology 3

Inherited from Old Norse ver, of the same meaning. Origin uncertain, but probably related to vari (“liquid”) and to Old English wær (“sea”).

Etymology 4

The same as Norwegian vær (“fishing harbor, fishing village”), other cognates including Old English wer (whence modern English weir), Old Saxon werr, Middle Low German were/wer, Middle High German wer (whence German Wehr). Probably from Proto-Germanic *warjaz, *warją (“dam, weir”), related to vör f (“landing space for a boat”) and to verja (“protect”). The root meaning would then be a guarded or fenced off place.

Etymology 5

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *wazą. Related to Faroese ver, Danish vår, Swedish var, all meaning the same, and Norwegian ver, vær, meaning the same, but also “bag, jar, place to store things”. Compare vasi (“pocket”).

Etymology 6

See verr.

Etymology 7

See vera.

Etymology 8

See verja.

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
• Árni Böðvarsson (editor). Íslensk orðabók, 2nd edition, 12th printing (2000). Reykjavík, Mál og Menning. →ISBN
• Orðapistill um ver

Adjective

ver

1. true

Alternative forms

• veer

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish veer, ver (“to see”), from Latin vidēre, from Proto-Italic *widēō (“to see”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd-. Cognate with English view, wit, wise.

Verb

ver (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling ב׳יר)^[1]

1. (transitive, literally) to see; to spot
   • 1987, Aki Yerushalayim‎, numbers 32-40, page 43:

     Veo las fachas koreladas de la kalor del karvon i del eksitamiento por las muevas — viejas konsejas ke se gostavan, ke se respiravan i se azian muestras.

     I see the faces red from heated coal and excited by the news — old tales that were pleasing, inspirational and becoming ours.

2. (transitive) to see; to look at; to view (perceive)
   • 2007, Moshe 'Ha-Elion, Las angustias del enferno: las pasadias de un djidio de Saloniki en los kampos de eksterminasion almanes Auschwitz, Mauthausen, Melk i Ebensee‎, Sentro Moshe David Gaon de Kultura Djudeo-Espanyola, Universidad Ben-Gurion del Negev, →ISBN, page 4:

     Veo komo mi dover i tomo grande plazer de rengrasiar i de ser rekonosiente a las institusiones i a los individuales, ke me ayudaron a publikar este livro sea finansialmente o de otra manera.

     I see [it] as my duty and take great pleasure to acknowledge and to be grateful to the institutions and individuals who helped me, financially or otherwise, publish this book.

3. (transitive) to watch (observe)

   Synonyms: mirar, observar

   • (Can we date this quote?), Sa'adi Besalel a-Levi, edited by Aron Rodrigue, Sarah Abrevaya Stein, A Jewish Voice from Ottoman Salonica: The Ladino Memoir of Sa'adi Besalel A-Levi‎, Stanford University Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 215:

     Yo, ke nunka en mis dias ke non sali aver fuego, syendo fui akavidado, ma akea noche fui ovligado de ir a este fuego, non para verlo, otro ke syendo era serka dela kaza de si. Shelomo Fernandes.

     Myself, never in all my days had I gone out to watch a fire, seeing as how I was warned against that, but that night I was obligated to go after this fire, not to watch it, but [because] it was approaching Mr. Shelomo Fernandes's house.

References

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *wezor (stem *wezn-), from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥ (“spring”). The original Italic form gave *veror, genitive *vēnis, with -s- lost before -n- with lengthening of the preceding vowel, as is usual in Latin. The -n- of the genitive stem was then replaced by the -r- of the nominative, and the genitive stem was then extended back to the nominative.^[1]

Cognate with Ancient Greek ἔαρ (éar), Old Norse vár, Lithuanian vasara, Sanskrit वसर् (vasar, “morning”) and वसन्त (vasantá, “spring”), Persian بهار (bahâr, “spring”), Old Armenian գարուն (garun), and Russian весна́ (vesná).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯eːr/, [u̯eːr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ver/, [vɛr]

Noun

vēr n (genitive vēris); third declension

1. spring (season)

   Coordinate terms: aestās, autumnus, hiems

   • c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 46:

     Iam vēr ēgelidōs refert tepōrēs,
     iam caelī furor aequinoctiālis
     iūcundīs Zephyrī silēscit aurīs.
     Linquantur Phrygiī, Catulle, campī
     Nīcaeaeque ager ūber aestuōsae:
     ad clārās Asiae volēmus urbēs.
     Iam mēns praetrepidāns avet vagārī,
     iam laetī studiō pedēs vigēscunt.
     Ō dulcēs comitum valēte coetūs,
     longē quōs simul ā domō profectōs
     dīversae variae viae reportant.

     • Translation by Wikisource

       Now spring brings back the thawed-out warmth,
       now the raging of the equinoctial sky
       subsides with the sweet breezes of Zephyr.
       Let the Phrygian plains be left behind, Catullus,
       and the rich land of sweltering Nicaea:
       let us fly away to the famed cities of Asia.
       Now my fluttering soul yearns to wander;
       now my joyful feet come alive with eagerness.
       Farewell, dear bands of fellow travellers,
       whom, having left home at the same time,
       split paths carry home by different routes.

   • c. 4th century, Tiberianus, Pervigilium Veneris 2:

     Vēr novum, vēr iam canōrum, vēre nātus orbis est.

     The spring is new, the spring is now melodious, in the spring was the world created.

References

Further reading

• "ver", in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ver in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “ver”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 14: U–Z, page 271

Verb

ver

1. inflection of vērt:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. third-person plural present indicative
   3. second-person singular imperative
2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of vērt
3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of vērt

Alternative forms

• (Courland) ve'r

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *veri.

Noun

ver

1. blood

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vērus (“true”). Cognate to Italian vero.

Adjective

ver

1. true

Noun

ver

1. Alternative form of veir

Etymology

An unstressed pronunciation, from Middle High German vür, from Old High German furi, from Proto-Germanic *furi (“for, before”). Cognate with German für, English for.

Preposition

ver

1. for [with accusative]

References

• “ver” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

From Old Norse veðr n.

Etymology 3

From Old Norse veðr m.

References

• “ver” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• erv, rev, vêr

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vēr (“spring”).

Noun

ver m

1. spring (season)
   • 1296 CE, Ramon Llull, Tree of Science (I, 89):

     En lo primer temps de ver en qui's fa la renovació de fulles flors e fruyts...

     At the beginning of spring when the regrowth of leaves, flowers, and fruits takes place...

References

• “ver” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *warją.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Further reading

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

Etymology

Compare German vor, Dutch voor, English fore.

Preposition

ver

1. before

Etymology

From Latin vērus (“true”), from Proto-Italic *wēros, from a Proto-Indo-European *weh₁-ros, from *weh₁- (“true”).

Adjective

ver

1. true

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese veer, from Latin vidēre (“to see”), from Proto-Italic *widēō (“I see”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know; see”).

Pronunciation

• (Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈve(ɹ)/
• Homophone: vê (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: ver

Verb

ver (first-person singular present vejo, first-person singular preterite vi, past participle visto)

2. (transitive) to see; to observe (to perceive with one’s eyes)

   Vejo duas pessoas.

   I see two people.

4. (intransitive) to see (to be able to see; not to be blind or blinded)

   Abriram uma escola para os que não veem.

   They've opened a school for those who cannot see.

6. (figurative, transitive) to see; to understand

   Vê o que eu quero dizer?

   Do you see what I mean?

8. (transitive) to see; to notice; to realise (to come to a conclusion) [with que (+ clause) ‘that ...’]

   Eu vi que todas essas pessoas querem que eu vá embora.

   I saw that all these people want me to go away.

10. (transitive) to check (to verify some fact or condition) [with subordinate clause]

    Veja se o jantar já está pronto.

    Check whether dinner is ready.

    Fomos ver quando é que os meteorologistas previam que ia chover.

    We went to check when the meteorologists predicted it was going to rain.

12. (intransitive) to check (to consult [someone] for information) [with com ‘someone’]

    Veja com a secretária se já enviaram o document.

    Check with the secretary whether the document has been sent.

14. (transitive) to watch (to be part of the audience of a visual performance or broadcast)

    Fiquei a tarde inteira vendo TV.

    I spent the whole afternoon watching TV.

16. (transitive) to see; to visit

    Ela veio me ver no hospital.

    She came to see me at the hospital.

18. (intransitive) to pay (to face negative consequences)

    Não acredito que mataram meu pai. Eles vão ver.

    I can’t believe they killed my father. They’ll pay.

20. (pronominal, copulative or auxiliary) to find oneself (to be in a given situation, especially unexpectedly) [with copulative noun or copulative adjective or gerund or past participle]

    Após meses gastando sem parar, João se viu enterrado em dívidas.

    After months spending non-stop, John found himself buried in debt.

22. (transitive, Brazil, informal) to get (used when ordering something from a waiter or attendant) [with para or indirect object pronoun ‘someone’]

    Por favor, me vê 500g de queijo.

    I would like 500 g of cheese, please.

    (literally, “Please, see me 500 g of cheese.”)

    Mandei o recepcionista ver um táxi para o meu pai.

    I told the receptionist to get a cab for my dad.

Etymology 1

From Latin verres.

Etymology 2

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vidēre, from Proto-Italic *widēō (“to see”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd-. Cognate with English view, wit, wise. Compare the borrowed doublet vídeo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾ/ [ˈbeɾ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: ver

Verb

ver (first-person singular present veo, first-person singular preterite vi, past participle visto)

1. (transitive, literally) to see, to spot

   Vine, vi, vencí.

   I came, I saw, I conquered.

   Sí, con mis propios ojos, lo vi robar el dinero.

   Yes, with my own eyes, I saw him steal the money.

2. (transitive) to see, to look at, to view (perceive)

   Hmm. Ya veo...

   Hmm. I see...

   Tal experiencia única en la vida cambiará tu manera de ver el mundo.

   Such a once in a lifetime experience will change the way that you look at [or see or view] the world.

3. (transitive) to see, to tell, to observe

   Puedo ver que no eres como el resto.

   I can tell you aren't like the rest of them.

4. (transitive) to see, to check (verify)

   Déjenme ver si hay moros en la costa.

   Let me check if the coast is clear.

5. (transitive) to watch

   ver la televisión

   to watch television

6. (reflexive) to look, to seem

   Te ves tan diferente desde la última vez que te vi.

   You look so different since the last time I saw you.

7. (reflexive) to see oneself, to picture oneself

   Me veo así como un consejero, nada más.

   I just see myself as an advisor, nothing more.

8. (reflexive) to find oneself, to be

   Nos vemos obligados a hacernos una pregunta difícil.

   We are forced to ask ourselves a difficult question.

9. (reciprocal) to see one another

   Nos vemos!

   See you!

   (literally, “We'll see each other!)”)