different between vars vs vart

English

Noun

vars

1. plural of var

Anagrams

• ARVs, VRSA, ravs

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch vers.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fars/

Adjective

vars (attributive varse, comparative varser, superlative varste)

1. fresh

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *varci. Cognate with Finnish varsi.

Noun

vars (genitive varre, partitive vart)

1. stalk
2. shaft

Inflection

Derived terms

• käsivars

Icelandic

Noun

vars

1. indefinite genitive singular of var

Latgalian

Noun

vars m

1. copper

Romanian

Verb

vars

1. first-person singular present indicative of v?rsa
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of v?rsa

Swedish

Etymology 1

From an older interrogative adverb hvarest (“whereto, whither”), see varest, from Old Swedish hvaris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v??rs/, [v???]
• IPA^(key): /vars/, [va?]

Adverb

vars

1. (dialectal, Northern Sweden) where

Usage notes

• Used both with motion and direction, where standard Swedish would use var and vart, respectively.

Etymology 2

Clipping of bevars, itself a contraction of (Gud) bevare oss (”may God save us”), from the present subjunctive of bevara (“to save, to keep”), and oss (“us”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vars/, [va?]

Interjection

vars

1. (colloquial) Added to an answering interjection to signify that the answer does not have full validity

Etymology 3

See main entry var.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v??rs/, [v???]

Noun

vars

1. indefinite genitive plural of var
2. indefinite genitive singular of var

Etymology 4

• (relative pronoun) From Old Swedish hvars, genitive of hvar (“which, every”).
• (distributive pronoun) From a reanalysis of varsin, varsitt (“one each”) (from var +? sin, sitt) as consisting of vars + en, ett (“one”) and then expanded to further numerals, e.g. vars två (”two each”), standard Swedish två var.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (relative pronoun, distributive pronoun) /v??rs/, [v???], [v???s]
• IPA^(key): (relative pronoun) /vars/, [va?]

Pronoun

vars

1. (relative pronoun) whose (of whom)
2. (distributive pronoun, dialectal, Scania) each

Usage notes

• Not used as an interrogative pronoun, in which case vems (singular) or vilkas (plural) is used.
• The use of vars with a plural referent was earlier proscribed in favour of vilkas, but is now accepted, e.g.:

References

• vars in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vars in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Vars. Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore. 21 October 2013.

Anagrams

• arvs, sarv, svar

English

Etymology

Blend of vagina +? fart.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)t

Noun

vart (plural varts)

1. (vulgar, slang) A queef.

Verb

vart (third-person singular simple present varts, present participle varting, simple past and past participle varted)

1. (vulgar, slang) To queef.

Anagrams

• AVRT, TAVR, Trav

Czech

Noun

vart

1. genitive plural of varta

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin hortus.

Noun

vart m

1. vegetable garden

Estonian

Noun

vart

1. partitive singular of vars

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [va???]

Verb

vart

1. you were, second-person past of vera

Usage notes

• tú vart ein góður drongur - you were a good boy

Conjugation

Hungarian

Etymology

var +? -t

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?v?rt]
• Hyphenation: vart
• Homophone: varrt

Noun

vart

1. accusative singular of var

Ingrian

Etymology

Probably from varz (“stalk”). Akin to Finnish varten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vart/

Postposition

vart (+ partitive)

1. for

References

• Vitalij Chernyavskij (2005) Ižoran keel (Ittseopastaja)?^[1], page 29

Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon fard.

Noun

v?rt f

1. traffic, journey

Descendants

• ? Danish: fart
• ? Swedish: fart
• ? Norwegian Bokmål: fart

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

vart

1. past participle of vare

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??rt/ (example of pronunciation)

Verb

vart

1. past tense of bli
2. past tense of verte

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??rt/ (example of pronunciation)

Verb

vart

1. imperative of varte

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???rt/ (example of pronunciation)

Participle

vart

1. neuter of vard

Verb

vart

1. supine of verje

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???rt/ (example of pronunciation)

Adjective

vart

1. neuter of var

Verb

vart

1. supine of vare

Participle

vart (definite singular and plural varte)

1. past participle of vare
2. (non-standard since 2012) neuter of vard

References

• “vart” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• tarv, trav, tvar, vatr

Old High German

Alternative forms

• fart

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fardi, whence also Old English fierd, Old Norse ferð.

Noun

vart f

1. trip
2. ride

Descendants

• German: Fahrt

Old Norse

Adjective

vart (masculine varr, feminine v?r)

1. strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of varr

Adverb

vart (not comparable)

1. scantily, poorly
2. scarcely

Participle

vart

1. strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of varðr

Verb

vart

1. second-person singular past indicative of vera
2. second-person singular past indicative of verða
3. supine of verja

References

• vart in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Polabian

Etymology

From Middle Low German wert (“host”), from Old Saxon werd, from Proto-Germanic *werduz.

Noun

vart m

1. master, host, householder

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vart/, /?v??rt/, [?va??], [?v???]
• Rhymes: -???

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish hvart, shortened form of var-åt, "towards where".

Adverb

vart

1. to which place; whither; to where; whereto?

2. (informal, nonstandard) where?

Synonyms

• varthän

See also

• var
• varifrån

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Determiner

vart

1. neuter of var

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

vart

1. past tense of varda.

Etymology 4

Syncopic form of varit, perhaps influenced by the identical past form of varda.

Verb

vart

1. (colloquial) supine of vara.

References

• vart in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• tarv

Westrobothnian

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /?????/, /??a??/, /??æ??/

  Rhymes: -á??

Verb

vart

1. preterite singular indicative of val (“become”)

Verb

vart

1. supine of väli (“choose”)

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /??æ??/, /??a??/, /??æ??t/

  Rhymes: -á??, -árt

Adjective

vart

1. nominative/accusative neuter singular of varm (“warm”)