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Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwaːr/,
  • Hyphenation: waar

Noun

wáar m 

  1. eternal life, immortality

Declension

Declension of wáar
absolutive wáar
predicative wáara
subjective wáar
genitive wáar
Postpositioned forms
l-case wáaral
k-case wáarak
t-case wáarat
h-case wáarah

Derived terms

References

  • E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “waar”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Dutch waar, from Middle Dutch waer, from Old Dutch *war, from Proto-Germanic *hwar.

Adverb

waar

  1. (interrogative) where
  2. (relative) where

Etymology 2

From Dutch waar, from Middle Dutch wâer, from Old Dutch *wār, from Proto-Germanic *wēraz.

Adjective

waar (attributive ware, not comparable)

  1. true
Derived terms

Bavarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /βaː/
  • (file)

Verb

waar

  1. first-person singular subjunctive of sei (to be)
  2. third-person singular subjunctive of sei (to be)

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch wāer, from Old Dutch *war, from Proto-West Germanic *hwār, from Proto-Germanic *hwar. Cognate with English where.

Adverb

waar

  1. (interrogative) where, in which place
    Waar is Jan?
    Where is John?
  2. (relative) where, the place that
    Dit is waar hij woont.
    This is where he lives.
  3. (interrogative, with a preposition) what, which thing
    Waar is dat goed voor?
    What is that good for?
  4. (relative, with a preposition) what, that which
    Dit is waar dat goed voor is.
    This is what that is good for.
Usage notes

With a preposition, waar is used instead of wat to create a pronominal adverb. See also Category:Dutch pronominal adverbs.

Derived terms

See Category:Dutch pronominal adverbs

Descendants
  • Afrikaans: waar
  • Javindo: waar
  • Jersey Dutch: wääir
  • Negerhollands: waar, wa
  • Petjo: waar
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: war

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch wâer, from Old Dutch *wār, from Proto-West Germanic *wār, from Proto-Germanic *wēraz.

Adjective

waar (not comparable)

  1. true
    Antonyms: onwaar, vals
  2. authentic
    Synonyms: echt, authentiek
    Antonyms: onecht, vals
  3. legitimate
Inflection
Inflection of waar
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
Descendants
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: waru
  • Negerhollands: waar

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch wāre, from Old Dutch *wara, from Proto-Germanic *warō, probably related to *waraz (wary, watchful). Cognate with English ware.

Noun

waar f (plural waren)

  1. A commodity, ware, merchandise, product.
    Synonym: goed
Derived terms

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

waar

  1. inflection of waren:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Kalasha

Noun

waar

  1. time

Kamarian

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ.

Noun

waar

  1. A root (of plant).

Low German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Low German wār, wōr, wūr, from Old Saxon hwār.

Pronunciation

Adverb

waar

  1. (interrogative) where (at what place)
  2. (relative) where (at or in which place or situation)
  3. (interrogative, with a preposition) what, which thing
  4. (relative, with a preposition) what, that which
  5. (relative) when, that (on which; at which time)

Synonyms

Nzadi

Noun

wǎàr (plural mǎàr)

  1. A canoe.

Further reading

  • Crane, Thera; Larry Hyman; Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi : a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN