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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse vár.

Noun

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vár n (genitive singular várs, plural vár)

  1. spring (season)
Declension
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n3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vár várið vár várini
accusative vár várið vár várini
dative vári várinum várum várunum
genitive várs vársins vára váranna

See also

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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse vár.

Determiner

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vár

  1. (archaic) our

Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈvaːr]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aːr

Etymology 1

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From an Iranian language, compare Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬭𐬀 (vāra, entrenchment), Middle Persian wl (war, castle), from *warš- (height) from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (peak).

Noun

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vár (plural várak)

  1. castle, fortress
    Synonyms: erődítmény, kastély
  2. citadel (inside a city)
    Synonyms: citadella, fellegvár
Declension
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Possessive forms of vár
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. váram váraim
2nd person sing. várad váraid
3rd person sing. vára várai
1st person plural várunk váraink
2nd person plural váratok váraitok
3rd person plural váruk váraik
Derived terms
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(Compound words with this term at the beginning):
(Compound words with this term at the end):
(Geographical proper names):

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Ugric *warɜ- (to guard, wait).[1][2] Compare Northern Mansi ӯруӈкве (ūruňkve, to wait, to guard).

Verb

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vár

  1. (intransitive) to wait for someone or something (with -ra/-re)
    Kire vársz?Who are you waiting for?
  2. (transitive) to expect someone or something
    Ne várj kedves kiszolgálást, ha soha nem adsz borravalót.Don’t expect nice service if you never give any tip.
    A húgom gyereket vár.My younger sister is expecting a baby.
Conjugation
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The verbal noun várás is usually only used in some compounds, instead, várakozás is applied.

Derived terms
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(With verbal prefixes):

(Expressions):

References

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  1. ^ Entry #1869 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ vár in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

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  • (to wait): vár 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
  • (castle): vár 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

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *wazrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥ (compare Latin ver, Lithuanian vãsara, vasarà, Persian بهار (bahâr), Sanskrit वसर् (vasar, morning) and वसन्त (vasantá, spring), Old Armenian գարուն (garun), Old Church Slavonic весна (vesna)). Compare also Old Frisian wars, wers (spring).

Noun

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vár n (genitive várs, plural vár)

  1. spring (season)

Declension

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Declension of vár (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vár várit vár várin
accusative vár várit vár várin
dative vári várinu várum várunum
genitive várs vársins vára váranna

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: vor
  • Faroese: vár
  • Norn: vår
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vår
  • Old Swedish: var
  • Old Danish: war, wor
  • Middle English: ware