vir
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Afrikaans
Alternative forms
- ver (archaic)
- vi, vi' (Cape Afrikaans)
Etymology
From Dutch voor (“for; before”) or rather the dialectal variant veur (compare deur with Dutch door). The Afrikaans distinction between vir (“for”) and voor (“before”) may have been influenced by corresponding German für and vor.
Pronunciation
Preposition
vir
- for
- Dit is vir jou! ― It is for you!
- Used to indicate the addressee of a communicative act.
- Sy roep vir haar sussie. ― She is calling to her little sister.
- Amen, sê ek vir julle. ― Amen, I say to you.
- Die ou man het gesein vir die motorbestuurder. ― The old man signalled to the car driver.
- Direct object marker.
- Die vrou moer vir die inbreker toe met 'n hamer. ― The woman then whacked the burglar with a hammer.
Derived terms
Related terms
Baure
Noun
vir
Czech
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from modern European languages, English virus, French virus, German Virus, which are all from Latin virus.
Pronunciation
Noun
vir m inan
Declension
Declension of vir (hard masculine inanimate)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
Galician
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese vĩir, from Latin venīre.
Verb
vir (first-person singular present veño, first-person singular preterite vin, past participle vindo)
vir (first-person singular present venho, first-person singular preterite vim, past participle vindo, reintegrationist norm)
- to come
- Antonym: ir
- (infinitive) to have just [with de (+ infinitive) ‘done something’]
- Veño de pechar Baiona
cunha chave pequeniña,
tamén teño de pechar
o teu corazón, meniña (folk song)- I just locked Baiona
with a little key;
I also ought to lock
your heart, girl.
- I just locked Baiona
Conjugation
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) |
Second-person (ti) |
Third-person (el / ela / Vde.) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | vir | |||||
| Personal | vir | vires | vir | virmos | virdes | viren |
| Gerund | ||||||
| vindo | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | vindo | vindos | ||||
| Feminine | vinda | vindas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | veño | vés | vén | vimos | vindes, vides | veñen |
| Imperfect | viña | viñas | viña | viñamos | viñades | viñan |
| Preterite | vin | viñeches | veu | viñemos | viñestes | viñeron |
| Pluperfect | viñera | viñeras | viñera | viñeramos | viñerades | viñeran |
| Future | virei | virás | virá | viremos | viredes | virán |
| Conditional | viría | virías | viría | viriamos | viriades | virían |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | veña | veñas | veña | veñamos | veñades | veñan |
| Imperfect | viñese | viñeses | viñese | viñésemos | viñésedes | viñesen |
| Future | viñer | viñeres | viñer | viñermos | viñerdes | viñeren |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | ven | veña | veñamos | vinde, vide | veñan | |
| Negative (non) | non veñas | non veña | non veñamos | non veñades | non veñan | |
1Less recommended.
Related terms
Etymology 2
Inflected form of ver (“to see”).
Verb
vir
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “viir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “vir”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vir”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Latin
Luxembourgish
Northern Kurdish
Old Swedish
Picard
Piedmontese
Portuguese
Serbo-Croatian
Slovene
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.