vri

See also: VRI and vři

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch frī, from Proto-West Germanic *frī, from Proto-Germanic *frijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *priHós.

Adjective

vri

free

Declension

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

vriheit
vriwaren
vriën (“to free”)

Related terms

vrede
vrient
vriën (“to love”)

Descendants

Dutch: vrij
- Afrikaans: vry
- Negerhollands: vri, vrie, fri
- → Aukan: felei
- → Caribbean Javanese: frèi, prèi, pré
- → Indonesian: prei (“holiday, free, doing nothing”)
- → Javanese: ꦥꦿꦺꦲꦶ (prèi)
- → Peranakan Indonesian: vry
- → Sundanese: peré

Middle Low German

Alternative forms

vrîg

Etymology

From Old Saxon frī.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /friː/
IPA^(key): /friːʝ-/ (inflected stem with -g-)

Adjective

vrî (comparative vrîer or vrîger, superlative vrîest or vrîgest)

free

Declension

Declension of vri
	singular			plural
	masculine	neuter	feminine	plural
	Strong declension
nominative	vrî			vrîe
accusative	vrîen	vrî	vrîe	vrîe
dative	vrîem(e) (vrîen^note)		vrîer(e)	vrîen
genitive	vrîes		vrîer(e)	vrîer(e)
	Weak declension
nominative	vrîe			vrîen
accusative	vrîen	vrîe	vrîen
dative	vrîen
genitive	vrîen

The longer forms become rarer in the course of the period.

or

Declension of vri
	singular			plural
	masculine	neuter	feminine	plural
	Strong declension
nominative	vrî			vrîge
accusative	vrîgen	vrî	vrîge	vrîge
dative	vrîgem(e) (vrîgen^note)		vrîger(e)	vrîgen
genitive	vrîges		vrîger(e)	vrîger(e)
	Weak declension
nominative	vrîge			vrîgen
accusative	vrîgen	vrîge	vrîgen
dative	vrîgen
genitive	vrîgen

The longer forms become rarer in the course of the period.

Descendants

Low German: fri, free, frigg
→ Danish: fri
→ Estonian: prii
→ Faroese: fríur
→ Latvian: brīvs
→ Livonian: brī
→ Norwegian: fri
→ Swedish: fri

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish vride and Old Danish writhæ, from Old Norse ríða, vríða.

Verb

vri (imperative vri, present tense vrir, passive vris, simple past vred or vrei or vridde, past participle vridd, present participle vriende)

to turn, twist, wring
(reflexive) to squirm, twist, wriggle, writhe
(card games) to change the colour or suit that is allowed to play (according to the rules of the particular game)

Noun

vri m (definite singular vrien, indefinite plural vrier, definite plural vriene)

a twist
(card games)
1. a card game where one can dictate the colour or suit that is allowed to play
2. a change of the playable colour(s) or suit(s) in such a card game

Adjective

vri (masculine and feminine vri, neuter vritt, definite singular and plural vrie)

(dialectal) difficult, intransigent

References

“vri” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“vri_3” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
“vri_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
“vri_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

vrida, vride (verbs; long forms)

Etymology

From Old Norse vríða, from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną. Originally a strong verb, it may now also be inflected as a weak verb. Related to vreid (“wroth”) and vreide (“wrath”).

Verb

vri (present tense vrir, past tense vridde or vrei, supine vridd/vridt or vride, past participle vridd or vriden, present participle vridande, imperative vri)

to turn, twist, wring
(reflexive) to squirm, twist, wriggle, writhe
(card games) to change the colour or suit that is allowed to play (according to the rules of the particular game)

Derived terms

forvri, forvrida, forvride
vri halsen om på
vridar m
vridekle n, vrideklede n, vrikle n, vriklede n
vridel m
vridemaskin f, vrimaskin f
vriding f
vridnad m
vrien
vrifure f, vrifuru f
vriåttar m

Related terms

vrikke

Noun

vri m (definite singular vrien, indefinite plural vriar, definite plural vriane)

a twist
(card games)
1. a card game where one can dictate the colour or suit that is allowed to play
2. a change of the playable colour(s) or suit(s) in such a card game

Adjective

vri (masculine and feminine vri, neuter vritt, definite singular and plural vrie, comparative vriare, indefinite superlative vriast, definite superlative vriaste)

(dialectal) difficult, intransigent

References

“vri” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

riv

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

vri (Cyrillic spelling ври)

inflection of vreti:
1. third-person singular present
2. second-person singular imperative