verta

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋertɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ertɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ver‧ta

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *vërta, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *werþaz (“worthy”). Doublet of väärti and vörtti.

Noun

verta

1. (archaic) match (equal or superior in comparison) (now mostly used in a number of idiomatic expressions)

   Synonyms: arvoinen, verto, väärti

2. (in expressions) extent, degree

   minkä verran ― to what extent

   sen verran, että... ― to the extent that...

Declension

Most cases are not used in practice; the only common ones are verta, verran, vertaa, vertoja and verroin.

Derived terms

Postposition

verta (+ genitive)

1. (colloquial or dialectal) Synonym of verran

Further reading

• “verta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

Noun

verta

1. partitive singular of veri

Usage notes

• This form is irregular. A regular form would have a front vowel (**vertä) according to vowel harmony.

Anagrams

• arvet, tarve, terva, varte, verat

Galician

Verb

verta

1. inflection of verter:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vërta. Cognates include Finnish verta and Estonian võrd.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋertɑ/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋertɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ert, -ertɑ
• Hyphenation: ver‧ta

Noun

verta (genitive verran, partitive vertaa)

1. amount, extent

Usage notes

• Almost exclusively used in the genitive and partitive singular.
• Verta is often used with a determiner in the genitive-accusative. In that case, the noun's case doesn't have to match with the determiner's:

  yhen verran ― an equal amount

  kahen verran ― two parts

  jonkun verran ― to some extent

  sen verran / vertaa ― so much

Derived terms

See also

• viisi

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 654

Italian

Verb

verta

1. inflection of vertere:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• trave

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• verte (e and split infinitive)

Etymology

From Old Norse verða.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ʋɛrtɑ/

Verb

verta (present tense vert, past tense vart, past participle vorte, passive infinitive vertast, present participle vertande, imperative vert)

1. to become

   Problemet vil verta større etter kvart.

   The problem will become larger as time passes.

Synonyms

• bli

References

• “verta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Verb

verta

1. inflection of verter:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Venetian

Etymology

From the feminine of verto, past participle of vèrzar (“to open”). Compare Friulian vierte.

Noun

verta f (plural verte)

1. opening
2. spring