varde

varde

See also: värde, vardé, and vardē

Estonian

Noun

varde

1. illative singular of vars

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Latvian

Varde

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *war-, *wer- with an extra -de, from Proto-Indo-European *werh₁-, a stem used to form words that imitate human and animal voices (compare vārds (“word, name”)). Cognates include Lithuanian varlė̃ (with a different suffix).[1] A different hypothesis derives it from Proto-Indo-European *word-, which also yielded with Old Armenian գորտ (gort).[2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vârde]

(file)

Noun

varde f (5th declension)

1. frog (small, tailless amphibian (order: Anura) which typically hops)

   zaļā varde ― green frog

   ezera varde ― lake frog

   purva varde ― marsh frog

   varžu kurkuļi ― frog tadpoles

   dīķī kurkst vardes ― frogs croak in the pond

Declension

Declension of varde (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	varde	vardes
accusative (akuzatīvs)	vardi	vardes
genitive (ģenitīvs)	vardes	varžu
dative (datīvs)	vardei	vardēm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	vardi	vardēm
locative (lokatīvs)	vardē	vardēs
vocative (vokatīvs)	varde	vardes

References

1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “varde”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN.
2. Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 227

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Northern Sami

Verb

varde

1. inflection of vardit:
   1. first-person dual present indicative
   2. third-person plural past indicative

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

varde (?)

1. cairn
2. beacon

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse varði.

Alternative forms

• varda (verb with a infinitive)

Noun

varde m (definite singular varden, indefinite plural vardar, definite plural vardane)

1. cairn
2. beacon (fire (to be) lit on a hilltop to warn about enemies)

   Synonym: vete

3. (fishing) a float

   Synonym: dupp

Verb

varde (present tense vardar, past tense varda, past participle varda, passive infinitive vardast, present participle vardande, imperative varde/vard)

1. to put up such cairns in the landscape

Etymology 2

From Old Norse varða, from Proto-Germanic *wardōną, whence also English ward.

Verb

varde (present tense vardar, past tense varda, past participle varda, passive infinitive vardast, present participle vardande, imperative varde/vard)

1. (transitive) to guard, protect
2. (transitive) to be related to, have to do with

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

varde

1. past tense of verja
2. past participle of verja
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

References

• “varde” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Verb

varde

1. present subjunctive of varda; let there be (created)

Anagrams

• vader, vreda