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Elfdalian
Etymology 1
From Old Norse heyra, from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną. Cognate with Swedish höra.
Noun
ära n
- ear
Inflection
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Declension of ära
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singular
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plural
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| indefinite
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definite
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indefinite
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definite
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| nominative
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ära
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ärað
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ära
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ärų
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| accusative
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ära
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ärað
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ära
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ärų
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| dative
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ära
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ärą
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ärum
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ärum(e)
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Verb
ära
- to hear
Inflection
Conjugation of ära — active
Etymology 2
From Old Norse eyra, from Proto-Germanic *ausô. Cognate with Swedish ära.
Noun
ära f
- honour
Inflection
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Estonian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic *älä- (negative imperative stem). Cognate to Finnish älä.
Verb
ära
- second-person singular imperative of ei (negative verb): do not/don’t
Etymology 2
Related to eri.
Adverb
ära (not comparable)
- away
- forms perfective verbs
- sööma (“to eat”) → ära sööma (“to eat (perfective)”)
- tapma (“to kill”) → ära tapma (“to murder, to kill (perfective)”)
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German ēre, from Old Saxon ēra (“renown, glory, honor”). Cognate with Icelandic æra and Faroese æra.
Pronunciation
Noun
ära c
- honor, glory; an objectification of praiseworthiness
Declension
Derived terms
Verb
ära (present ärar, preterite ärade, supine ärat, imperative ära)
- to honor; to show respect for
- (dated) to honor; to conform to, abide by, act in accordance with (an agreement, request, or the like)
Conjugation
Conjugation of ära (weak)
References
- ära in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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