вара

See also: вяра, варя, Вяра, and Appendix:Variations of "vara"

Eastern Mari

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɑˈɾɑ/
  • Rhymes:
  • Hyphenation: ва‧ра

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

вара • (vara)

  1. then, later, afterwards
    вара вескана ыштем
    vara veskana yštem
    I'll do it some other time
  2. late

Particle

вара • (vara)

  1. well, then, indeed (emphatic particle)
    мом лудаш вара?
    mom ludaš vara?
    but what to read then?
  2. denotes yes/no questions
    ынде толеш вара?
    ynde toĺeš vara?
    is (s)he coming?
Derived terms
adverbs
  • вара кузе (vara kuze)
phrases

Etymology 2

Cognate with Western Mari вӓрӓ (värä).

Noun

вара • (vara)

  1. pole, bar, post, staff
Declension
Declension of вара
singular plural
nominative вара (vara) вара-влак (vara-vlak)
accusative варам (varam) вара-влакым (vara-vlakym)
genitive варан (varan) вара-влакын (vara-vlakyn)
dative варалан (varalan) вара-влаклан (vara-vlaklan)
comitative вараге (varage) вара-влакге (vara-vlakge)
comparative варала (varala) вара-влакла (vara-vlakla)
inessive вараште (varašte) вара-влакыште (vara-vlakyšte)
illative short вараш (varaš) вара-влакыш (vara-vlakyš)
long варашке (varaške) вара-влакышке (vara-vlakyške)
lative вараш (varaš) вара-влакеш (vara-vlakeš)
Possessed forms of вара
singular plural
1st person варам (varam) варана (varana)
2nd person варат (varat) варада (varada)
3rd person вараже (varaže) варашт (varašt)
Derived terms
nouns

References

  • J. Bradley et al. (2023) “вара”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvarə]

Noun

ва́ра • (váram inan

  1. genitive singular of вар (var)