vaar

See also: vår

Afrikaans

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Verb

vaar (present vaar, present participle varende, past participle gevaar)

1. to sail
2. to navigate
3. to fare

   Die leerders vaar uitstekend in die plaaslike kompetisie.

   The learners are faring extremely well in the local competition.

Derived terms

• vaarwel
• vaart
• afvaar
• aanvaar

Dutch

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• Rhymes: -aːr

Etymology 1

Formed from vader through regular d-syncope (compare veer, broer, la).

Noun

vaar m (plural varen, diminutive vaartje n or vaarke n)

1. Obsolete form of vader (“father”).

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vaar

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Determiner

vaar m or f (neuter vaart, plural vaare)

1. obsolete typography of vår

Etymology 2

Noun

vaar m

1. obsolete typography of vår

Yola

Noun

vaar

1. Alternative form of feyer
   • 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, line 9:

     Wu canna gow to Ilone vaar,

     We cannot go to the Island fair,

References

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 131