waar
Afar
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]wáar m
Declension
[edit]Declension of wáar | ||||||||||||||||||
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absolutive | wáar | |||||||||||||||||
predicative | wáara | |||||||||||||||||
subjective | wáar | |||||||||||||||||
genitive | wáar | |||||||||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “waar”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
Afrikaans
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Dutch waar, from Middle Dutch waer, from Old Dutch *war, from Proto-Germanic *hwar.
Adverb
[edit]waar
Etymology 2
[edit]From Dutch waar, from Middle Dutch wâer, from Old Dutch *wār, from Proto-Germanic *wēraz.
Adjective
[edit]waar (attributive ware, not comparable)
Derived terms
[edit]Bavarian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]waar
- first-person singular subjunctive of sei (“to be”)
- third-person singular subjunctive of sei (“to be”)
Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle Dutch wāer, from Old Dutch *war, from Proto-West Germanic *hwār, from Proto-Germanic *hwar. Cognate with English where.
Adverb
[edit]waar
- (interrogative) where, in which place
- Waar is Jan?
- Where is John?
- (relative) where, the place that
- Dit is waar hij woont.
- This is where he lives.
- pronominal adverb form of wat
- (informal, formerly proscribed, relative) pronominal adverb form of wie; who
- Dat is de man waar ik vroeger mee gewerkt heb.
- That is the man who I used to work with.
Usage notes
[edit]With a preposition, waar is used instead of wat to create a pronominal adverb. See also Category:Dutch pronominal adverbs.
Derived terms
[edit]See Category:Dutch pronominal adverbs
Descendants
[edit]- Afrikaans: waar
- Javindo: waar
- Jersey Dutch: wääir
- Negerhollands: waar, wa
- Petjo: waar
- Skepi Creole Dutch: war
Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle Dutch wâer, from Old Dutch *wār, from Proto-West Germanic *wār, from Proto-Germanic *wēraz.
Adjective
[edit]waar (not comparable)
- true
- authentic
- Synonyms: echt, authentiek
- Antonyms: onecht, vals
- legitimate
Declension
[edit]Declension of waar | ||||
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uninflected | waar | |||
inflected | ware | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | waar | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | ware | ||
n. sing. | waar | |||
plural | ware | |||
definite | ware | |||
partitive | waars |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]From Middle Dutch wāre, from Old Dutch *wara, from Proto-Germanic *warō, probably related to *waraz (“wary, watchful”). Cognate with English ware.
Noun
[edit]waar f (plural waren)
- a commodity, ware, merchandise, product
- Synonym: goed
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 4
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]waar
- inflection of waren:
Kalasha
[edit]Noun
[edit]waar
Kamarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ.
Noun
[edit]waar
- A root (of plant).
Low German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German wār, wōr, wūr, from Old Saxon hwār.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]waar
- (interrogative) where (at what place)
- (relative) where (at or in which place or situation)
- (interrogative, with a preposition) what, which thing
- (relative, with a preposition) what, that which
- (relative) when, that (on which; at which time)
Synonyms
[edit]Nzadi
[edit]Noun
[edit]wǎàr (plural mǎàr)
- A canoe.
Further reading
[edit]- Crane, Thera, Larry Hyman, Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN
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