vara

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese vara (“rod”), from Latin vāra (“fork”).

Noun

vara (plural varas)

(historical) A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 83.7 cm.
Synonyms: Spanish rod, Spanish ell, Spanish yard, (Spanish contexts) rod, ell, yard

Coordinate terms: (¹⁄₈ vara) coto, (¹⁄₄ vara) palmo, (¹⁄₃ vara) pie, (¹⁄₂ vara) codo, (1+²⁄₃ pies) Spanish pace, estado, braza, (2 varas) toesa, (4 varas) estadal, (50 varas) cordel, (5,000 varas) legua
(historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of length, equivalent to about 1.1 m.
Synonyms: Portuguese rod, Portuguese ell, Portuguese yard, (Portuguese contexts) rod, ell, yard

Coordinate terms: (¹⁄₄₀ vara) polegada, (¹⁄₅ vara) palmo, (³⁄₁₀ vara) Portuguese foot, (³⁄₅ vara) covado, (English equivalents to the vara) yard, rod, ell, (1+¹⁄₂ varas) passo, (1+⁴⁄₅ varas) toesa, (2 varas) braça
(historical) A traditional Spanish unit of area, equivalent to about 0.7 m².
Coordinate terms: (100 varas) fanega, (1,000,000 varas) labor

Anagrams

avar, arva, Avar

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Etymology

Inherited from Latin vāra (“fork”). Cognate with Galician, Portuguese, and Spanish vara.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈba.ɾə]

IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈva.ɾə]

IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈva.ɾa]

Noun

vara f (plural vares)

(historical, measure) vara, a Spanish rod, ell, or yard, a traditional unit of length
Coordinate terms: (¹⁄₃ vara) peu, (1+²⁄₃ varas) pas, passa, (2 varas) braça

Derived terms

tenir vara alta
vara d'or
vareta

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *vara, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *warō, compare Swedish vara, German Ware, English ware. Cognate to Finnish vara and Livonian varā.

Noun

vara (genitive vara, partitive vara)

property, estate, goods; things belonging to a person or organisation

Inflection

More information Declension of (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation), singular ...

Declension of vara (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		vara	varad
accusative	nom.	vara
accusative	gen.	vara
genitive		vara	varade
partitive		vara	varasid
illative		varra varasse	varadesse
inessive		varas	varades
elative		varast	varadest
allative		varale	varadele
adessive		varal	varadel
ablative		varalt	varadelt
translative		varaks	varadeks
terminative		varani	varadeni
essive		varana	varadena
abessive		varata	varadeta
comitative		varaga	varadega

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Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *varas, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *vāras, compare Lithuanian voras (“old”). Cognate to Finnish varhain.

Adverb

vara (comparative varem)

early
Antonym: hilja

Derived terms

varajane
varakult

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Etymology

From Middle Low German waren.

Verb

vara (third person singular past indicative vardi, third person plural past indicative vart, supine vart)

to take, last, require (about time)

Conjugation

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Conjugation of vara (group v-1)
infinitive	vara
supine	vart
participle (a7)¹	varandi	vardur
	present	past
first singular	vari	vardi
second singular	varir	vardi
third singular	varir	vardi
plural	vara	vardu
	imperative
singular	var!
plural	varið!
¹Only the past participle being declined.

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Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *paraq from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *para (compare with Ilocano pára).

Noun

vara

coconut heart or coconut apple, i.e. spongy cotyledon from a sprouting coconut

References

Gatty, Ronald (2009) “vara”, in Fijian-English Dictionary, Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 292
Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 3: Plants, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 373-4

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vara (compare Estonian vara), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *warō (compare Swedish vara (“goods”), vara (“care”), English ware (“aware”), aware, English ware (“goods”)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑrɑ/, [ˈʋɑ̝rɑ̝]
Rhymes: -ɑrɑ
Hyphenation^(key): va‧ra

Noun

vara

reserve, backup
Mäyrä tarvitsee paksun rasvakerroksen talven varaksi. ― A badger needs a thick layer of fat as a reserve for winter.

Minulla on ylimääräinen tulppa varalla. ― I have an extra plug as backup.
(in the plural) (natural) resources, (natural) reserves
Synonym: luonnonvarat

Irakilla on suuret öljyvarat. ― Iraq has large oil reserves.
(in the plural) stores, stocks, reserves
Synonym: varasto
(usually in the plural) funds, means, assets, savings
Synonyms: rahat, maksukyky (literally “ability to pay”), (asset) varallisuus

Minulla ei ole tähän varaa. ― I can't afford this. (literally, “I don't have the funds for this.”)
(usually in the singular) room, margin; allowance
Muista jättää kutistumisen varaa. ― Remember to leave an allowance for shrinking.

Minulla ei ole varaa autoon.
I can't afford a car.

Meillä ei ole varaa virheisiin. ― We have no margin for errors.
(mostly in idioms and proverbs) caution, concern, care; often translated into English with an adjective, see also pitää varansa
Synonym: varovaisuus

Pidä varasi, ettet putoa. ― Be careful so that you don't fall.

Ei vara venettä kaada. ― Caution does not overturn a boat. (proverb)
(woodworking) a tool for cutting long grooves into (the bottoms of) logs for fitting, or for drafting where the grooves will be cut
Synonym: varausrauta

Declension

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Inflection of vara (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		vara	varat
genitive		varan	varojen
partitive		varaa	varoja
illative		varaan	varoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		vara	varat
accusative	nom.	vara	varat
accusative	gen.	varan	varat
genitive		varan	varojen varain ^rare
partitive		varaa	varoja
inessive		varassa	varoissa
elative		varasta	varoista
illative		varaan	varoihin
adessive		varalla	varoilla
ablative		varalta	varoilta
allative		varalle	varoille
essive		varana	varoina
translative		varaksi	varoiksi
abessive		varatta	varoitta
instructive		—	varoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

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Possessive forms of vara (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		varani	varani
accusative	nom.	varani	varani
accusative	gen.	varani	varani
genitive		varani	varojeni varaini ^rare
partitive		varaani	varojani
inessive		varassani	varoissani
elative		varastani	varoistani
illative		varaani	varoihini
adessive		varallani	varoillani
ablative		varaltani	varoiltani
allative		varalleni	varoilleni
essive		varanani	varoinani
translative		varakseni	varoikseni
abessive		varattani	varoittani
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	varoineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		varasi	varasi
accusative	nom.	varasi	varasi
accusative	gen.	varasi	varasi
genitive		varasi	varojesi varaisi ^rare
partitive		varaasi	varojasi
inessive		varassasi	varoissasi
elative		varastasi	varoistasi
illative		varaasi	varoihisi
adessive		varallasi	varoillasi
ablative		varaltasi	varoiltasi
allative		varallesi	varoillesi
essive		varanasi	varoinasi
translative		varaksesi	varoiksesi
abessive		varattasi	varoittasi
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	varoinesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		varamme	varamme
accusative	nom.	varamme	varamme
accusative	gen.	varamme	varamme
genitive		varamme	varojemme varaimme ^rare
partitive		varaamme	varojamme
inessive		varassamme	varoissamme
elative		varastamme	varoistamme
illative		varaamme	varoihimme
adessive		varallamme	varoillamme
ablative		varaltamme	varoiltamme
allative		varallemme	varoillemme
essive		varanamme	varoinamme
translative		varaksemme	varoiksemme
abessive		varattamme	varoittamme
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	varoinemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		varanne	varanne
accusative	nom.	varanne	varanne
accusative	gen.	varanne	varanne
genitive		varanne	varojenne varainne ^rare
partitive		varaanne	varojanne
inessive		varassanne	varoissanne
elative		varastanne	varoistanne
illative		varaanne	varoihinne
adessive		varallanne	varoillanne
ablative		varaltanne	varoiltanne
allative		varallenne	varoillenne
essive		varananne	varoinanne
translative		varaksenne	varoiksenne
abessive		varattanne	varoittanne
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	varoinenne

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		varansa	varansa
accusative	nom.	varansa	varansa
accusative	gen.	varansa	varansa
genitive		varansa	varojensa varainsa ^rare
partitive		varaansa	varojaan varojansa
inessive		varassaan varassansa	varoissaan varoissansa
elative		varastaan varastansa	varoistaan varoistansa
illative		varaansa	varoihinsa
adessive		varallaan varallansa	varoillaan varoillansa
ablative		varaltaan varaltansa	varoiltaan varoiltansa
allative		varalleen varallensa	varoilleen varoillensa
essive		varanaan varanansa	varoinaan varoinansa
translative		varakseen varaksensa	varoikseen varoiksensa
abessive		varattaan varattansa	varoittaan varoittansa
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	varoineen varoinensa

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Derived terms

kaiken varalta (“just in case, just to make sure, to be on the safe side”)
olla varaa (“to (be able to) afford”)
pitää varansa (“to watch out, watch one's step, be on one's guard, keep one's eyes open”)
vara-

adjectives

adverbs

nouns

verbs

compounds

Collocations

elää yli varojensa ― to live beyond one's means
heittäytyä [+ genitive +] varaan ― to bank on, count on, depend on (literally, “to cast oneself on”)
jättää sattuman varaan ― to leave to chance/contingency
olla varaa (+ illative; monopersonal, verb always in the third-person singular, subject in the adessive) ― to afford (literally, “to have funds”)
olla varalla ― to be in reserve/store, be at hand, be (readily) available
olla [+ genitive +] varassa ― to rest on (physically), to rely/depend on (figuratively)
olla [+ genitive +] varoissaan ― to be wealthy, be well-to-do, be flush (literally, “to be in one's funds”)
rakentua [+ genitive +] varaan ― to be based on, be founded on, be grounded in
siltä varalta, että... ― in case...

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾa/ [ˈba.ɾɐ]
Rhymes: -aɾa

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese vara (“rod”) attested in the 13th century Cantigas de Santa Maria, from Latin vāra (“fork”). Cognate with Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish vara.

Noun

vara f (plural varas)

a long and thin stick, pole or rod
Synonym: valoira
shoot; twig
(historical, measure) vara, especially as a cloth yard, a former unit of length
Coordinate terms: (¹⁄₃ vara) pé, (1+²⁄₃ varas) paso, (2 varas) braza
- 1335, M. Lucas Álvarez, P. Lucas Domínguez, editors, El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos, Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 463:
  que den a uos Eluira Perez en uossa vida de tres en tres annos çinquo varas de valacyna noua ou os dineiros para ella, quantos ella custar enna tenda
  they should give you, Elvira Pérez, throughout your life each three years, five yards of new Valencian cloth or the money for them, whatever it costs in the store

Derived terms

vara de ourol
vara fragueira
varal
varanca
varear
varela

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vara

inflection of varar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

References

Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “vara”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “vara”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vara”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “vara”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vara”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvaːra/
Rhymes: -aːra

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vara.

Noun

vara f (genitive singular vöru, nominative plural vörur)

article, commodity
(in the plural form) goods, wares, freight, commodities, merchandise

Declension

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	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vara	varan	vörur	vörurnar
accusative	vöru	vöruna	vörur	vörurnar
dative	vöru	vörunni	vörum	vörunum
genitive	vöru	vörunnar	vara	varanna

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Declension of vara (feminine)

Derived terms

vöruheiti

plural form

aðrar neytendavörur en matvæli (“non-food product”)
afritunarvörur (“reprographic supplies”)
alþjóðasamningur um viðskipti með mjólkurvörur (“International Dairy Agreement”)
Bandalagsvörur (“Community goods”)
blekvörur (“ink products”)
brauðvörur (“bakery products, bread products, baker's wares”)
búnaður til að meðhöndla vörur (“goods-handling equipment”)
efnislegar fjárfestingarvörur (“tangible capital goods”)
efnislegar vörur (“tangible goods”)
einnota vörur (“disposable articles”)
endursendar vörur (“returned consignments”)
fiskveiðivörur (“articles for fishing”)
fjárfestingarvörur (“capital goods, investment goods”)
flugeldavörur (“pyrotechnic articles”)
flugeldavörur (“pyrotechnics”)
fótsnyrtivörur (“pedicure preparations”)
framleiðsluvörur (“manufactured goods”)
fullunnar vörur (“compensating products, final goods”)
förðunarvörur (“make-up preparations”)
gerð vörureikninga (“invoicing”)
gerjaðar drykkjarvörur (“fermented beverages”)
gullsmíðavörur (“goldsmiths'' wares”)
handsnyrtivörur (“manicure preparations”)
handverksvörur (“handicraft supplies”)
hálfunnar vörur (“intermediate goods”)
háraflitunarvörur (“hair bleaches”)
hárlitunarvörur (“hair tints”)
hárvörur (“articles for use with the hair”)
hjúkrunarvörur (“medical goods”)
hreingerningavörur (“cleaning products”)
hreinlætisvörur (“toilet articles”)
hreinsaðar olíuvörur (“refined petroleum products”)
innfluttar vörur (“imported products”)
innlendar vörur (“domestic goods”)
íþróttavörur (“sports goods”)
járnsmíðavörur (“blacksmiths' wares”)
járnvörur (“hardware, ironmongery”)
kornvörur (“cereals”)
körfugerðarvörur (“basketware”)
leðurvörur (“leather articles, leather goods”)
leirvörur (“crockery”)
markaðskynningarvörur (“promotion products”)
markaður með notaðar vörur (“second-hand market”)
millistigsvörur (“intermediary goods”)
mjólkurvörur (“lactic products”)
munaðarvörur (“luxury goods”)
nefnd um textílvörur (“Textiles Committee”)
neysluvörur sem ekki eru varanlegar (“consumer non-durables”)
notaðar vörur (“second-hand goods”)
of hár vörureikningur (“over invoicing”)
óunnar vörur (“goods in the unaltered state”)
pakki sem inniheldur tóbaksvörur (“unit packet of tobacco products”)
rafeindavörur (“electronic supplies”)
raftæknivörur (“electrotechnical supplies”)
rafvörur til sérstakra nota (“special-purpose electrical goods”)
rafvörur (“electrical goods”)
rekstrarvörur til blóðlækninga (“haematological consumables”)
rekstrarvörur til lækninga (“medical consumables”)
rekstrarvörur til nota við geislagreiningar (“radiodiagnostic supplies”)
rekstrarvörur til nota við sjúkdómsgreiningar (“diagnostic supplies”)
rekstrarvörur til tannlækninga (“dental consumables”)
rekstrarvörur (“consumables, supplies, production supplies”)
samkeppnisvörur (“competitive products”)
samlímdar vörur (“laminated products”)
samningur um textílvörur og fatnað (“Agreement on Textiles and Clothing”)
samsvarandi vörur (“corresponding goods”)
silfursmíðavörur (“silversmiths' wares”)
skattfrjálsar vörur (“tax-free goods”)
skrifstofuvörur (“office supplies”)
skömmtunarvél fyrir hreinlætisvörur (“sanitary dispensing machine”)
smíðavörur (“smiths' wares”)
snyrtivörur í duftformi (“powdered cosmetics”)
snyrtivörur (“cosmetics, toiletry, toilet preparations, cosmetic articles”)
sokkavörur (“hosiery”)
steypuvörur úr hita- og þrýstihertri frauðsteypu (“autoclaved aerated concrete products”)
steypuvörur úr léttri frauðsteypu (“lightweight aerated concrete products”)
stoðtækjavörur (“orthopaedic supplies”)
sviknar vörur (“counterfeit goods”)
sælkeravörur (“delicatessen”)
sætabrauð og brauðvörur (“pastry-cook product”)
tankskip fyrir unnar olíuvörur (“product tanker”)
tágasmíðavörur (“wickerwork”)
textílvörur til innanhússnota (“interior textiles”)
tollar á útfluttar vörur (“customs duties on exports”)
tóbaksvörur (“tobacco goods”)
tómstundavörur (“recreational goods”)
trésmíðavörur (“carpentry”)
tölvuvörur (“computer supplies”)
unnar kornvörur (“cereal preparations”)
upplýsingavörur (“information products”)
útvega vörur (“supply goods”)
varanlegar neysluvörur (“consumer durables”)
veiðivörur (“articles for hunting”)
viðskipti með framleiðsluvörur (“trade in products”)
vísindanefnd um neysluvörur (“Scientific Committee on Consumer Products”)
vísindanefnd um snyrtivörur og aðrar neytendavörur en matvæli (“Scientific Committee on Cosmetic Products and Non-Food Products intended for Consumers”)
vörur af ólíkum uppruna (“items of mixed provenance”)
vörur á vörubrettum (“palletised goods”)
vörur bundnar í stroffu (“pre-slung goods”)
vörur frá löndum utan Bandalagsins (“non-Community goods”)
vörur í dósum (“canned products”)
vörur í gámum (“containerised freight”)
vörur í krukkum (“jarred products”)
vörur í tengslum við gagnagrunna (“database goods”)
vörur í umbúðum (“packaged goods”)
vörur í vistarverur manna (“furnishing articles”)
vörur sem framleiddar eru til eigin neyslu (“goods produced for own consumption”)
vörur sem greinarmunur er á (“differentiated products”)
vörur sem nota orku (“energy-using products”)
vörur sem tengjast menningu (“cultural goods”)
vörur sem þjóna tvenns konar tilgangi (“dual-purpose products, dual-use goods”)
vörur til að meðhöndla nýrnasjúklinga (“renal consumables”)
vörur til einkanota (“personal goods”)
vörur til heimilisnota (“household goods”)
vörur til hreinlætisnota (“toilet requisites”)
vörur til listsköpunar (“art supplies”)
vörur til veitingarekstrar (“catering supplies”)
vörur til æðamyndatöku (“angiography supplies”)
vörur úr hertu gleri (“toughened glassware”)
vörur úr jurtaríkinu (“vegetable products”)
vörur úr keramíkgleri (“ceramic glassware”)
vörur úr vefleysu (“articles made from non-wovens”)
vörureikningur (“invoice”)
yfirlýsing á vörureikningi (“invoice declaration”)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vara, from Proto-Germanic *warōną.

Verb

vara (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative varaði, supine varað)

to warn [with accusative]
Synonym: gefa aðvörun

Conjugation

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	Forms with appended personal pronoun
infinitive (nafnháttur)		að vara
supine (sagnbót)		varað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		varandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég vara	við vörum	present (nútíð)	ég vari	við vörum
	þú varar	þið varið		þú varir	þið varið
	hann, hún, það varar	þeir, þær, þau vara		hann, hún, það vari	þeir, þær, þau vari

past (þátíð)	ég varaði	við vöruðum	past (þátíð)	ég varaði	við vöruðum
	þú varaðir	þið vöruðuð		þú varaðir	þið vöruðuð
	hann, hún, það varaði	þeir, þær, þau vöruðu		hann, hún, það varaði	þeir, þær, þau vöruðu

imperative (boðháttur)	vara (þú)	varið (þið)
	varaðu	variði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

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	Forms with appended personal pronoun
infinitive (nafnháttur)		að varast
supine (sagnbót)		varast
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		varandist the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég varast	við vörumst	present (nútíð)	ég varist	við vörumst
	þú varast	þið varist		þú varist	þið varist
	hann, hún, það varast	þeir, þær, þau varast		hann, hún, það varist	þeir, þær, þau varist

past (þátíð)	ég varaðist	við vöruðumst	past (þátíð)	ég varaðist	við vöruðumst
	þú varaðist	þið vöruðust		þú varaðist	þið vöruðust
	hann, hún, það varaðist	þeir, þær, þau vöruðust		hann, hún, það varaðist	þeir, þær, þau vöruðust

imperative (boðháttur)	varast (þú)	varist (þið)
	varastu	varisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

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varast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

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strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
strong declension (sterk beyging)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	varaður	vöruð	varað	varaðir	varaðar	vöruð
accusative (þolfall)	varaðan	varaða	varað	varaða	varaðar	vöruð
dative (þágufall)	vöruðum	varaðri	vöruðu	vöruðum	vöruðum	vöruðum
genitive (eignarfall)	varaðs	varaðrar	varaðs	varaðra	varaðra	varaðra

weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
weak declension (veik beyging)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	varaði	varaða	varaða	vöruðu	vöruðu	vöruðu
accusative (þolfall)	varaða	vöruðu	varaða	vöruðu	vöruðu	vöruðu
dative (þágufall)	varaða	vöruðu	varaða	vöruðu	vöruðu	vöruðu
genitive (eignarfall)	varaða	vöruðu	varaða	vöruðu	vöruðu	vöruðu

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varaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

Derived terms

vara sig
vara sig á
vara við
varaðu þig
varast

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Middle Low German waren (whence also Swedish vara, Norwegian vare, Danish vare), from Proto-West Germanic *waʀōn.

Verb

vara (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative varði, supine varað)

(intransitive) to last, to continue, to go on
Synonym: standa

Hvað varir þetta lengi? ― How long will this last?
(intransitive) to last, to endure, to be permanent
Synonym: endast

Etymology 4

Verb

vara (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative varði, supine varað)

(impersonal) to expect
- 1990, the song Það sést ekki sætari mey ("None sweeter than me can be seen") from the album Gling-Gló by Björk Guðmundsdóttir & tríó Guðmundar Ingólfssonar (Lyrics)
  Og fyrr en mig varði
  hver strákur á mig starði
  eins og stelpur á gleym-mér-ei
  Before I would know it
  every boy would stare at me
  the way girls do at forget-me-nots
Gestirnir komu fyrr en mig varði. ― The guests arrived earlier than expected.

Derived terms

þá er minnst varði (“suddenly, unexpectedly”)

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

vara

indefinite genitive plural of var

Etymology 6

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

vara

indefinite genitive plural of vör

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vara, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *waraz. Cognates include Finnish vara and Estonian vara.

Pronunciation

(Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑrɑ/, [ˈʋɑrɑ]

(Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑrɑ/, [ˈʋɑrɑ]

Rhymes: -ɑrɑ

Hyphenation: va‧ra

Noun

vara

Declension

More information Declension of (type 3/kana, no gradation, gemination), singular ...

Declension of vara (type 3/kana, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	vara	varat
genitive	varan	varroin
partitive	varraa	varoja
illative	varraa	varroi
inessive	varas	varois
elative	varast	varoist
allative	varalle	varoille
adessive	varal	varoil
ablative	varalt	varoilt
translative	varaks	varoiks
essive	varanna, varraan	varoinna, varroin
exessive¹⁾	varant	varoint
¹⁾ obsolete ^) the accusative* corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) ^) the comitative** is formed by adding the suffix -ka^? or -kä^? to the genitive.

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Derived terms

References

Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 640

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈva.ra/
Rhymes: -ara
Hyphenation: và‧ra

Adjective

vara

feminine singular of varo

Verb

vara

inflection of varare:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

avrà

Etymology

From Old Norse vera (“to be”), from Proto-Germanic *wesaną; see there for further details.

Pronunciation

(Western dialects) IPA^(key): [²ʋæːɾɐ], [¹ʋæ]
(Hackås) IPA^(key): [¹ʋæː]
(Ragunda) IPA^(key): [²ʋæra]^[1]
(Fors) IPA^(key): [²ʋaɾa]

Verb

vara

to be

Declension

More information infinitive, present participle ...

indicative	present	past
infinitive	vara
present participle	varann, varanes
past participle	―
supine	verið
	er	var
subjunctive	present	past
	veri	vóre
imperative
2nd-person singular	var
1st-person plural	varum
2nd-person plural	varin, varan

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Conjugation of vara — active (irregular)

References

[1]
Söderström, Sven. 1972. Om kvantitetsutvecklingen i norrländska folkmål. p. 27

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vara, borrowed from Germanic.

Noun

vara

reserve

Etymology

From Spanish vara, ultimately derived from Latin vāra.

Noun

vara f (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling ב׳ארה, plural varas)

stick, rod, crossbar
(diminutive form, typography) The rafe lines in the shape of crossbars that can be used in Ladino orthography as diacritics on Hebrew script to alter the sound of letters to create new letters; a breve diacritic (˘) is placed on top of letters to form fricative consonant sounds, such as changing פ (/p/) into פﬞ (/f/); usually referred to by the diminutive varrica (“little crossbar”).

Etymology

From the feminine of the adjective vārus, vāra, vārum (“bent in; knock-kneed; different”).

Pronunciation

vāra: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯aː.ra/, [ˈu̯äːrä]

vāra: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈva.ra/, [ˈväːrä]
vārā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯aː.raː/, [ˈu̯äːräː]

vārā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈva.ra/, [ˈväːrä]

Noun

vāra f (genitive vārae); first declension

fork, forked branch
tripod, easel

Declension

First-declension noun.

More information singular, plural ...

	singular	plural
nominative	vāra	vārae
genitive	vārae	vārārum
dative	vārae	vārīs
accusative	vāram	vārās
ablative	vārā	vārīs
vocative	vāra	vārae

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Descendants

Catalan: vara
Galician: vara
Mirandese: bara
Portuguese: vara
Spanish: vara

Adjective

vāra

inflection of vārus:
1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

vārā

ablative feminine singular of vārus

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

See varš.

Noun

vara m

genitive singular of varš

Etymology 2

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

Noun

vara f (4th declension)

power

Declension

More information singular (vienskaitlis), plural (daudzskaitlis) ...

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	vara	varas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	varas	varu
dative (datīvs)	varai	varām
accusative (akuzatīvs)	varu	varas
instrumental (instrumentālis)	varu	varām
locative (lokatīvs)	varā	varās
vocative (vokatīvs)	vara	varas

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Declension of vara (4th declension)

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Noun

vara

accusative/genitive singular of varra

Alternative forms

varen

Noun

vara m or f

definite feminine singular of vare

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑː.rɑ/

Noun

vara m (definite singular varaen, indefinite plural varaer or varaar, definite plural varaene or varaane)

clipping of vararepresentant

Etymology 2

Verb

vara (present tense varar/varer, past tense vara/varte, past participle vara/vart, passive infinitive varast, present participle varande, imperative vara/var)

alternative form of vare

Etymology 3

Verb

vara (present tense varar, past tense vara, past participle vara, passive infinitive varast, present participle varande, imperative vara/var)

alternative form of vare

Noun

vara f

definite singular of vare

Etymology 4

Noun

vara n

definite plural of var

Etymology 5

Verb

vara

(dialectal, nonstandard) alternative form of vera
- 1949, Alf Prøysen, Dørstokken heme [The Doorstep at Home], Høvik, page 20:
  Nå kunde det vara det samma med alt.
  Now, it could be all the same [to him].

References

“vara” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

arva, raav, rava, vaar

Noun

vara

genitive plural of vǫr

Alternative forms

væra, væræ

Etymology

From Old Norse vera, earlier vesa, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną. Cognate with Danish være, Icelandic vera.

Verb

vara

To be
1. to occupy a place, to be

Conjugation

More information present, past ...

active voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	present			past
infinitive	vara, væra			—
participle	vara			varin
iæk	æm, ær	sē, sēi, sī, æri, væri	—	var, uas	vāre
þū	æst	sē, sēi, sī, æri, væri	æ	vart, uast	vāre
han	ær	sē, sēi, sī, æri, væri	—	var, uas	vāre
vīr	ærum	sēin, varin, værin	ærum	vārom	vāre
īr	ærin	sēn, vari, værin	ærin	vārin	vāre
þēr	æru, æra, aru	sē	—	vāro	vāre

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Conjugation of vara

Descendants

Swedish: vara

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

𑀯𑀭 (Brahmi script)
वर (Devanagari script)
ৰর (Bengali script)
වර (Sinhalese script)
ဝရ (Burmese script)
วร or วะระ (Thai script)
ᩅᩁ (Tai Tham script)
ວຣ or ວະຣະ (Lao script)
វរ (Khmer script)
𑅇𑄢 (Chakma script)

Adjective

vara

excellent
noble

Declension

More information Case \ Number, Singular ...

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	varo	varā
Accusative (second)	varaṃ	vare
Instrumental (third)	varena	varehi or varebhi
Dative (fourth)	varassa or varāya or varatthaṃ	varānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	varasmā or varamhā or varā	varehi or varebhi
Genitive (sixth)	varassa	varānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	varasmiṃ or varamhi or vare	varesu
Vocative (calling)	vara	varā

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Declension table of "vara" (masculine)

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Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	varā	varāyo or varā
Accusative (second)	varaṃ	varāyo or varā
Instrumental (third)	varāya	varāhi or varābhi
Dative (fourth)	varāya	varānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	varāya	varāhi or varābhi
Genitive (sixth)	varāya	varānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	varāya or varāyaṃ	varāsu
Vocative (calling)	vare	varāyo or varā

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Declension table of "varā" (feminine)

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Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	varaṃ	varāni
Accusative (second)	varaṃ	varāni
Instrumental (third)	varena	varehi or varebhi
Dative (fourth)	varassa or varāya or varatthaṃ	varānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	varasmā or varamhā or varā	varehi or varebhi
Genitive (sixth)	varassa	varānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	varasmiṃ or varamhi or vare	varesu
Vocative (calling)	vara	varāni

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Declension table of "vara" (neuter)

Derived terms

Noun

vara m or n

wish, boon, favour

Declension

As the masculine or neuter of the adjective above, as appropriate.

Verb

vara

second-person singular imperative active of varati (“to desire”)

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “vara”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈva.ɾɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈva.ɾa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈva.ɾɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ɾɐ/

Rhymes: -aɾɐ
Hyphenation: va‧ra

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese vara (“rod”), from Latin vāra (“fork”). Cognate with Catalan, Galician, and Spanish vara.

Noun

vara f (plural varas)

(historical, measure) vara, a Portuguese rod, yard or ell, a former unit of length about equal to 1.1 m
Coordinate terms: (¹⁄₄₀ vara) polegada, (¹⁄₅ vara) palmo, (³⁄₁₀ vara) pé, (³⁄₅ vara) côvado, (English equivalent, reckoned as ⁵⁄₆ vara) jarda, (1+¹⁄₂ vara) passo, (1+⁴⁄₅ varas) toesa, (2 varas) braça
(historical, measure) square vara, a former unit of area about equal to 1.2 m²
Synonym: vara quadrada

Coordinate terms: (¹⁄₂₅ vara) palmo, (403+¹⁄₃ varas) aguilhada, (4,840 varas) geira
a stick, a twig
a district court, an original court, a trial court or court of first instance
(collective) herd of pigs
(collective) band of coatis
(vulgar, slang) the penis

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vara

inflection of varar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology

From vară +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈva.ra/

Adverb

vara

in the summer

Noun

vara f

definite nominative/accusative singular of vară

Noun

vara (Cyrillic spelling вара)

genitive singular of var

Verb

vara (Cyrillic spelling вара)

third-person singular present of varati

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾa/ [ˈba.ɾa]
Rhymes: -aɾa
Syllabification: va‧ra

Etymology 1

From Latin vāra (“fork”). Cognate with Catalan, Galician, and Portuguese vara.

Noun

vara f (plural varas)

rod, pole (a long thin stick)
Synonyms: palo, bastón, barra
rod (a thin cane or branch)
Synonym: rama
rod (a staff of office)
(bullfighting) lance
(historical, measure) vara, a Spanish rod or yard (a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 83.7 cm)
Coordinate terms: (¹⁄₈ vara) coto, (¹⁄₄ vara) palmo, (¹⁄₃ vara) pie, (¹⁄₂ vara) codo, (English equivalent) yarda, (1+²⁄₃ varas) paso, (2 varas) estado, braza, toesa, (4 varas) estadal, (50 varas) cordel, (5,000 varas) legua
(historical, measure) vara, a square vara (a traditional unit of area equivalent to about 0.7 m²)
Synonym: vara cuadrada

Coordinate terms: (100 varas) fanega, (10,000 varas) manzana
yardstick (a straight-edge tool for measuring length)
(figurative) yardstick (a standard used to establish a baseline for measurements or comparisons)
Synonym: estándar
- 2020 October 4, Franco Mizrahi, “La doble vara de la Corte Suprema de Justicia: los casos sensibles que posterga el máximo tribunal”, in El Destape‎:
  La inusual celeridad con la que la Corte Suprema de Justicia abordó el caso de los jueces Leopoldo Bruglia, Pablo Bertuzi y Germán Castelli expuso la doble vara con la que el Tribunal Supremo toma o deja los expedientes que le llegan.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

carne en vara
compás de vara
dar la vara
doble vara de medir
entrar en vara
fiscal de vara
portero de vara
suerte de varas
tercio de varas
trombón de varas
vara de Aragón
vara de detener
vara de guardia
vara de Inquisición
vara de Jesé
vara de luz
vara de premio
vara mágica
varar
varazo
varear
varilla
varita

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

vara

feminine singular of varo

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vara

inflection of varar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²vɑːra/, (verb, usually) /vɑː/
Audio: (file)
- Pronunciation of the present tense form är usually varies between /eː/ and /ɛː/ depending on the accent. The pronunciation /ɛːr/, [æːɾ] also occurs, especially when it is stressed, in ceremonial speech, or increasingly also due to spelling pronunciation.
Rhymes: -²ɑːra, -ɑː

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish vara, væra from Old Norse vera, earlier vesa, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną. Cognate with Danish være, Icelandic vera, Norwegian være.

Verb

vara (present är, preterite var, supine varit, imperative var)

to be
1. to occupy a place, to be (somewhere)
  Var har du varit?
  Where have you been?
  
  Synonyms: befinna sig, finnas, ligga, sitta, stå
2. to occur, to take place
  Det var fest igår
  There was a party yesterday
3. (uncommon) to exist
  - c. 1847, Carl August Hagberg, translation of Shakespeare's Hamlet (c. 1601), act 3, scene 1
    Att vara eller icke vara, det är frågan:
    Månn’ ädlare att lida och fördraga
    Ett bittert ödes styng och pilar eller
    Att ta till vapen mot ett haf af qval
    To be or not to be– that is the question:
    Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
    The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
    Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
  Att vara eller inte vara, det är frågan
  To be or not to be, that is the question
  
  Synonyms: finnas, finnas till, existera, vara till
4. (copulative) Indicates that the subject and object are the same.
  Bruce Wayne är Batman
  Bruce Wayne is Batman
5. (copulative, mathematics) Indicates that the values on either side of an equation are the same.
  ett plus ett är två
  one plus one is two
6. (copulative) Indicates that the subject plays the role of or belongs to the group represented by the predicate nominal. This is idiomatically applied more broadly compared to English, as the examples below show. Including an article or making the noun definite – like in English – is not ungrammatical and does not change the meaning of the examples – it is only unidiomatic (and often intuitively redundant to native speakers, for example for giving a count of one (en/ett) to a role, similar to how "became a president" sounds to English speakers).
  Han blev president 2007
  He became president in 2007 [same in Swedish as in English]
  
  Jag är islänning
  I am Icelandic [[an] Icelander]
  
  Jag är iranier
  I am Iranian [[an] Iranian]
  
  Jag är tysk
  I am German [[a] German]
  
  Jag är amerikan
  I am an American [[an] American]
  
  Jag är britt
  I am British [[a] Brit]
  
  Hon är läkare
  She is a doctor
  
  Är hon bagare?
  Is she a baker?
  
  Han var soldat
  He was a soldier
  
  Han har varit löjtnant
  He has been a lieutenant
  
  Hon är lagkapten
  She is a/the team captain
  
  Han är frimurare
  He is a Freemason
  
  Han är filmfantast
  He is a movie buff
  
  Hon har blivit mamma
  She has become a mother
  
  Vem är far till barnen?
  Who is the father of the children?
  
  Vem är storasyster och vem är lillasyster?
  Who is the big sister and who is the little sister?
  
  att vara människa
  to be a human
  
  Hon är läkare, soldat och mamma på samma gång
  She is a doctor, a soldier, and a mother at the same time
  
  Hon är en skicklig läkare
  She is a skilled doctor ["Skilled doctor" is not considered a "role," so an article (en) appears in this example, like in English]
7. (copulative) Connects a noun to an adjective that describes it.
  Såsen är krämig
  The sauce is creamy
  - 1917 translation, the Bible, Deuteronomy (Femte Mosebok), 1:26
    Men I villen icke draga ditupp, utan voren gensträviga mot Herrens, eder Guds, befallning.
    Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God.
8. Forms a passive voice that indicates a state or a completed action. The examples below show comparisons against -s, which also forms the passive voice. The examples are kept basic for the sake of illustration and do not always represent the most idiomatic way to say things in either Swedish or English.
  Rummet städas
  The room is cleaned (is being cleaned right now (or, alternatively, is cleaned from time to time, as opposed to never being cleaned))
  
  Rummet är städat
  The room is clean ("is cleaned" in the sense of "has been cleaned")
  
  Rummet städas en gång i veckan
  The room is cleaned once a week
  
  Rummet är städat en gång i veckan
  The room is clean once a week (an unusual thing to say in Swedish as well)
  
  Huset målades förra veckan, så det var målat när jag gick förbi det för en timme sen
  The house was painted last week, so it was painted (had painted walls) when I walked past it an hour ago
  
  Vi räddades av en räddningshelikopter
  We were rescued by a rescue helicopter (a rescue helicopter came and rescued us)
  
  Vi var räddade
  We had been rescued ("We were rescued" in the sense of "We had (the property of having) been rescued" as opposed to "Someone came and rescued us" – "We were rescued" is used to express both in English, but Swedish separates them)
  
  Pojken räddades av hunden
  The boy was saved by the dog
  
  Pojken var räddad av hunden
  The boy had the property of having been saved by the dog (had at some earlier time been saved by the dog – odd-sounding in Swedish too)
  
  Pojken hade räddats av hunden
  The boy had been saved by the dog (for comparison – idiomatic-sounding)
  
  Bilen körs
  The car is driven (right now (or from time to time))
  
  Bilen är körd
  The car is driven (has been driven (in some context), has more than zero kilometers on the odometer (if talking generally))
  
  Synonyms: (when putting stress on the process) bli, (archaic, only still commonly used in the past tense form vart) varda
9. (archaic) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs.
  Jag är uppstigen sedan en timme ― I have been out of bed for an hour
10. Used to indicate things like age, height, temperature, weather, ...

Usage notes

Although the past subjunctive in most verbs is viewed as dated (see: Appendix:Swedish verbs), vore is still very much in use by young speakers, even in informal or colloquial language.

Conjugation

More information Active, Passive ...

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	vara		—
Supine	varit		—
Imperative	var		—
Imper. plural¹	varen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	är	var	—	—
Ind. plural¹	äro	voro	—	—
Subjunctive²	vare	vore	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	varande
Past participle	—
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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Conjugation of vara (irregular)

Alternative forms

va (strongly colloquial)

Related terms

Noun

vara n

existence, being
Varats olidliga lätthet ― The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1984 novel by Milan Kundera)

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...

Declension of *vara*
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	vara	varas
singular	definite	varat	varats
plural	indefinite	—	—
plural	definite	—	—

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Derived terms

icke-vara

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish vara, from Middle Low German waren, from Old Saxon waron, from Proto-Germanic *warōną. Cognate with Danish vare.

Verb

vara (present varar, preterite varade, supine varat, imperative vara)

to last (go on for)
Synonyms: hålla på, pågå, (dated) fortfara

Mötet varade flera timmar.
The meeting lasted several hours.
to last, to keep (not spoil)
Synonyms: (more common) hålla, stå sig

Mjölken varar längre i kylskåpet.
The milk will last longer in the fridge.

Conjugation

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	Active		Passive
Infinitive	vara		—
Supine	varat		—
Imperative	vara		—
Imper. plural¹	varen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	varar	varade	—	—
Ind. plural¹	vara	varade	—	—
Subjunctive²	vare	varade	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	varande
Past participle	—
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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Conjugation of vara (weak)

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Etymology 3

From Old Swedish vara, from Old Norse vari, cognate with Danish vare, possibly from an unattested Old Swedish *vari (“care”), related to Icelandic vari (“caution, carefullness”), but influenced by Middle Low German ware namen, related to German wahren, wahrnehmen.

Noun

vara c

care
ta vara på ― take care of, keep, not throw away, not waste

ta sig till vara ― be careful, beware

Usage notes

Only used in expressions like the ones in the usage examples above.

Derived terms

ta tillvara

Etymology 4

From Old Swedish vara, from Old Norse vara, from Middle Low German ware. Cognate with Danish vare, German Ware, English ware. Could be related to Sanskrit वर (vara, “valuable”).

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Noun

vara c

a commodity
Kärleken har blivit en vara
Love has become a commodity
1. (in the singular) an item (as a singular of goods), an article
  att lägga en vara i varukorgen
  to put an item in the shopping basket [item basket]
2. (in the plural) goods, merchandise, wares
  billiga varor
  cheap goods
  
  varor som är på rea
  items/goods that are on sale

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More information nominative, genitive ...

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	vara	varas
singular	definite	varan	varans
plural	indefinite	varor	varors
plural	definite	varorna	varornas

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Declension of vara

Related terms

apoteksvara
basvara
beställningsvara
bristvara
bruksvara
byggvara
bytesvara
charkuterivara
charkvara
dagligvara
dryckesvara
dussinvara
ersättningsvara
exportvara
fabriksvara
frysvara
färdigvara
färskvara
förbrukningsvara
galanterivara
gottköpsvara
handelsvara
hygienvara
hårdvara
importvara
industrivara
insatsvara
järnvara
kapitalvara
kilovara
kolonialvara
konditorivara
konsumtionsvara
kvalitetsvara
kylvara
köttvara
lockvara
manufakturvara
maskinvara
matvara
mejerivara
metervara
mjukvara
märkesvara
nödvändighetsvara
programvara
pälsvara
reavara
råvara
specerivara
stapelvara
starkvara
substitutvara
surrogatvara
sällanköpsvara
säsongsvara
sötvara
textilvara
tobaksvara
torrvara
trikåvara
trävara
utskottsvara
vardagsvara
varubelåning
varubeställning
varubeteckning
varubil
varubrist
varubud
varubuss
varubörs
varudeklaration
varudeklarera
varudistribution
varuexport
varufakta
varuförsörjning
varugrupp
varuhiss
varuhus
varuimport
varuintag
varukorg
varukännedom
varulag
varulager
varumängd
varumärke
varumässa
varunamn
varuparti
varupris
varuproduktion
varuprov
varuskatt
varuslag
varusmuggling
varusortiment
varutrafik
varutransport
varuutbyte
varuvagn
vitvara
våtvara

Etymology 5

Attested since 1664. From var (“pus”) +‎ -a.

Verb

vara (present varar, preterite varade, supine varat, imperative vara)

to generate pus
Såret började vara efter några timmar.
The wound began to fill with pus after a few hours.

Conjugation

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	Active		Passive
Infinitive	vara		varas
Supine	varat		varats
Imperative	vara		—
Imper. plural¹	varen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	varar	varade	varas	varades
Ind. plural¹	vara	varade	varas	varades
Subjunctive²	vare	varade	vares	varades
	Participles
Present participle	varande
Past participle	—
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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Conjugation of vara (weak)

References

vara in Svensk ordbok (SO)
vara in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
vara in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
vara in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

avar

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vara, borrowed from Germanic. Cognates include Finnish vara.

Noun

vara

Inflection

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Inflection of vara (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing.	vara
genitive sing.	varan
partitive sing.	varad
partitive plur.	varoid
	singular	plural
nominative	vara	varad
accusative	varan	varad
genitive	varan	varoiden
partitive	varad	varoid
essive-instructive	varan	varoin
translative	varaks	varoikš

inessive	varas	varoiš
elative	varaspäi	varoišpäi
illative	varaha	varoihe

adessive	varal	varoil
ablative	varalpäi	varoilpäi
allative	varale	varoile

abessive	varata	varoita
comitative	varanke	varoidenke
prolative	varadme	varoidme

approximative I	varanno	varoidenno
approximative II	varannoks	varoidennoks
egressive	varannopäi	varoidennopäi

terminative I	varahasai	varoihesai
terminative II	varalesai	varoilesai
terminative III	varassai	—

additive I	varahapäi	varoihepäi
additive II	varalepäi	varoilepäi

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References

Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “запас, ресурс, состояние, средство, фонд”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vara.

Pronunciation

(Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈvɑrɑ/, [ˈvɑrɑ]
Rhymes: -ɑrɑ
Hyphenation: va‧ra

Noun

vara

Inflection

More information Declension of (type III/jalkõ, no gradation), singular ...

Declension of vara (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	vara	varad
genitive	vara	varojõ, varoi
partitive	varra	varoitõ, varoi
illative	varrasõ, varra	varoisõ
inessive	varaz	varoiz
elative	varassõ	varoissõ
allative	varalõ	varoilõ
adessive	varallõ	varoillõ
ablative	varaltõ	varoiltõ
translative	varassi	varoissi
^) the accusative* corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) ^) the terminative** is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ^*) the comitative** is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

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References

Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “vara”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

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Söderström, Sven. 1972. Om kvantitetsutvecklingen i norrländska folkmål. p. 27

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