vér

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *were. Cognates include Northern Mansi вы̄гыр (vȳgyr), Finnish veri and Estonian veri.^[1][2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈveːr]

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• Hyphenation: vér
• Rhymes: -eːr

Noun

vér (usually uncountable, plural vérek)

1. blood
2. (figuratively) vigor, vitality, dynamism

   Synonyms: tetterő, életerő, mozgékonyság

3. blood sacrifice, bloodshed

   Synonyms: véráldozat, vérontás

4. (figuratively) temperament

   Synonyms: vérmérséklet, temperamentum

5. (construed with a  possessive suffix and -ben van) someone’s inclination, propensity, disposition, nature
6. (figuratively) state of mind, frame of mind, mood

   Synonym: lelkiállapot

7. (figuratively) sensuality, lust, passion

   Synonyms: testi vágy, szenvedély, érzékiség

8. (figuratively) clan, family

   Synonyms: nemzetség, család

9. (figuratively) offspring, descendant, issue, progeny or ancestor

   Synonyms: ivadék, leszármazott, ős

10. (figuratively) bloodline or strain of descent
11. (literary, folksy, with a possessive suffix) sibling

    Synonym: testvér

12. (literary, in the plural, with a possessive suffix) compatriot, countryman, or a person belonging to the same people, social class, or community

    Synonyms: honfitárs, hazánkfia, földi

13. (humorous) Synonym of bor (“wine”), especially vörösbor (“red wine”).

References

Further reading

• (blood): vér 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
• ([dialectal, archaic] ver (“to beat”)): vér 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

Anagrams

• érv, rév

Etymology

From Old Norse vér, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy, plural of *éǵh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vjɛːr̥/

Pronoun

vér

1. (archaic, formal) first person plural pronoun; we
2. (archaic, formal) a formal term of self-reference used by a royal person; we

   Vér teljum þetta mál hið alvarlegasta. Kallið saman ríkisráðið undir eins.

   We deem this matter most grave. Assemble the privy council immediately.

Alternative forms

• vær, mér
• *wīʀ — Old East Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy, plural of *éǵh₂. Cognate with Old English wē ( > English we), Old Frisian wī ( > West Frisian wy), Old Saxon wī ( > Low German wi), Old Dutch wī ( > Dutch wij), Old High German wir ( > German wir), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃 (weis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /veːr/

Pronoun

vér (singular ek, dual vit) (Old West Norse)

1. we (first person plural pronoun)

Further reading

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)