verai

See also: veräi

Ludian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old East Slavic верѣꙗ (verěja). Cognates include Finnish veräjä.

Noun

verai

1. courtyard

Old French

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin vērāgus, from Classical Latin vērācem.

Adjective

verai m (oblique and nominative feminine singular veraie)

1. real, genuine

Declension

Declension of verai

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	verais	veraie	verai
	Oblique	verai			veraie	verai
Plural	Subject	verai	veraies		verai
	Oblique	verais			veraies	verai

Derived terms

• veraiement

Related terms

• voir

Descendants

• Middle French: vray
  • French: vrai
• Norman: vrai
• Walloon: vraiy
• → Middle English: verray, verai, veray, verra, verre, verrei, verrey, verri, verry, very; werai, werrai, wery
  • English: very
    • Solombala English: вери (veri)
  • Geordie English: varry
  • Scots: verra, vera
  • Yola: veree
• → Middle Dutch: vrai
  • Dutch: fraai
• → Old Occitan: verai, vray
  • Occitan: vrai

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*vērācus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 14: U–Z, page 246

Veps

Etymology

Borrowed from Old East Slavic верѣꙗ (verěja). Cognates include Finnish veräjä.

Noun

verai

1. gate
2. arch
3. door (to the outside)

Inflection

Inflection of verai (inflection type 7/pedai)
nominative sing.	verai
genitive sing.	verajan
partitive sing.	verajad
partitive plur.	verajid
	singular	plural
nominative	verai	verajad
accusative	verajan	verajad
genitive	verajan	verajiden
partitive	verajad	verajid
essive-instructive	verajan	verajin
translative	verajaks	verajikš
inessive	verajas	verajiš
elative	verajaspäi	verajišpäi
illative	verajaha	verajihe
adessive	verajal	verajil
ablative	verajalpäi	verajilpäi
allative	verajale	verajile
abessive	verajata	verajita
comitative	verajanke	verajidenke
prolative	verajadme	verajidme
approximative I	verajanno	verajidenno
approximative II	verajannoks	verajidennoks
egressive	verajannopäi	verajidennopäi
terminative I	verajahasai	verajihesai
terminative II	verajalesai	verajilesai
terminative III	verajassai	—
additive I	verajahapäi	verajihepäi
additive II	verajalepäi	verajilepäi

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “арка, ворота, дверь”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika