vart
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t
Noun
vart (plural varts)
Verb
vart (third-person singular simple present varts, present participle varting, simple past and past participle varted)
- (vulgar, slang) To queef.
Anagrams
Czech
Noun
vart
- genitive plural of varta
Dalmatian
Etymology
Noun
vart m
Estonian
Noun
vart
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [vaɻ̊ʈ]
Verb
vart
- second-person past of vera
Hungarian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvɒrt]
- Hyphenation: vart
- Homophone: varrt
Noun
vart
- accusative singular of var
Ingrian
Etymology
Probably from varsi (“stalk”). Akin to Finnish varten.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋɑrt/, [ˈʋɑrd]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋɑrt/, [ˈʋɑrd̥]
- Rhymes: -ɑrt
- Hyphenation: vart
Postposition
vart (+ partitive)
- for
- 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 1:
- Bukvari iƶoroin şkouluja vart.
- A primer for Ingrian schools.
- 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa) [Geography: textbook for Ingrian elementary school third grade (first part)], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:
- Sitä vart, jot hyväst saavva tolkku ympäröiväst paikast, pittää tuntaa löytää pooli ja matka, tuntaa katsoa paikan plaanua.
- For this, to understand the surrounding area well, one has to be able to find the direction and the distance, to be able to look at the map of the area.
- because of
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 644
- Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку[1], →ISBN, page 15
Middle Low German
Etymology
From Old Saxon fard, from Proto-Germanic *fardiz. Compare Middle Dutch vāert, Middle High German vart.
Noun
vārt f
Descendants
Further reading
- "vārt" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelniederdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
vart
- past participle of vare
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋɑrt/
Verb
vart
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋɑrt/
Verb
vart
- imperative of varte
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋɑːrt/
Participle
vart
- neuter of vard
Verb
vart
- supine of verje
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋɑːrt/
Adjective
vart
- neuter of var
Verb
vart
- supine of vare
Participle
vart (definite singular and plural varte)
References
- “vart” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
Old High German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *fardi, whence also Old English fierd, Old Norse ferð.
Noun
vart f
Descendants
- German: Fahrt
Old Norse
Adjective
vart (masculine varr, feminine vǫr)
- strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of varr
Adverb
vart (not comparable)
Participle
vart
- strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of varðr
Verb
vart
- second-person singular past indicative of vera
- second-person singular past indicative of verða
- supine of verja
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “vart”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
Old Swedish
Verb
vart
- second-person singular indicative past of vara
Polabian
Etymology
From Middle Low German wert (“host”), from Old Saxon werd, from Proto-Germanic *werduz.
Noun
vart m ?
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvart/, /ˈvɑːrt/, [ˈvaʈː], [ˈvɑːʈ]
- Rhymes: -ɑːʈ
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish hvart, shortened form of var-åt, "towards where".
Adverb
vart
- to where, to which place, whither, whereto?
- Vart är vi på väg?
- Where are we going to? (More accurately: Where are we headed?)
- (proscribed, dialectal) where
Usage notes
Often not clearly separated from var in (sense 2) by native speakers (to the point where the traditional usage has to be learned). Degree of preference for vart over var in the sense of where varies by dialect.
Synonyms
See also
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
vart
- past indicative of varda
Usage notes
Often not intuitively connected to varda in (sense 1.1) by speakers, though etymologically connected.
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Determiner
vart
- neuter of var
Etymology 4
Syncopic form of varit, perhaps influenced by the identical past form of varda.
Verb
vart
- (colloquial) supine of vara
References
- vart in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- vart in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- vart in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)