vars

See also: vars., varš, and vårs

English

Noun

vars

plural of var

Anagrams

ARVs, VRSA, ravs

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch vers.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fars/
Audio: (file)

Adjective

vars (attributive vars or (seldom) varse, comparative varser, superlative varste)

fresh

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *varci. Cognate with Finnish varsi.

Noun

vars (genitive varre, partitive vart)

stalk
shaft

Inflection

Declension of vars (ÕS type 14/uus, rd/rt-rr-rs gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		vars	varred
accusative	nom.	vars
accusative	gen.	varre
genitive		varre	varte
partitive		vart	varsi
illative		varde varresse	vartesse varsisse
inessive		varres	vartes varsis
elative		varrest	vartest varsist
allative		varrele	vartele varsile
adessive		varrel	vartel varsil
ablative		varrelt	vartelt varsilt
translative		varreks	varteks varsiks
terminative		varreni	varteni
essive		varrena	vartena
abessive		varreta	varteta
comitative		varrega	vartega

Derived terms

käsivars

Icelandic

Noun

vars

indefinite genitive singular of var

Ingrian

Pronunciation

(Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑrs/, [ˈʋɑrz̠]
(Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑrs/, [ˈʋɑrʒ̥]
Rhymes: -ɑrs
Hyphenation: vars

Noun

vars

Alternative form of varsi

Declension

Declension of vars (type 5/vesi, rt-rr gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	vars	varret
genitive	varren	varsiin, varsiloin
partitive	vartta	varsia, varsiloja
illative	vartee	varsii, varsiloihe
inessive	varrees	varsiis, varsilois
elative	varrest	varsist, varsiloist
allative	varrelle	varsille, varsiloille
adessive	varreel	varsiil, varsiloil
ablative	varrelt	varsilt, varsiloilt
translative	varreks	varsiks, varsiloiks
essive	varteenna, varteen	varsiinna, varsiloinna, varsiin, varsiloin
exessive¹⁾	vartent	varsint, varsiloint
¹⁾ obsolete ^) the accusative* corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) ^) the comitative** is formed by adding the suffix -ka^? or -kä^? to the genitive.

References

Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 643

Latgalian

Noun

vars m

copper

Romanian

Verb

vars

first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of vărsa

Swedish

Etymology 1

From an older interrogative adverb hvarest (“whereto, whither”), see varest, from Old Swedish hvaris.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vɑːrs/, [vɒ̜˔ːʂ]
Audio: (file)
IPA^(key): /vars/, [väʂ]

Adverb

vars

(dialectal, Northern Sweden) where
- 2018, “Gräset är inte alltid grönare”, in Norrbottens-Kuriren:
  Kollegor och vänner blir helt plötsligt även de omedvetna hetsare genom frågor som: 'Jaha, å vars ska ni åka på semestern i år?'
  Colleagues and friends all of a sudden also unconsciously become stress causes through questions such as: 'Well, where are you going on holiday this year?'

Usage notes

Used both with motion and direction, where standard Swedish would use var and vart, respectively.

Etymology 2

Clipping of bevars, itself a contraction of (Gud) bevare oss (”may God save us”), from the present subjunctive of bevara (“to save, to keep”), and oss (“us”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vars/, [väʂ]

Interjection

vars

(colloquial) Added to an answering interjection (mainly jo) to make it more emphatic.
- 2012, Guus Kuijer, “Konsten är ett annat sätt att förstå”, in Jacob Roël, transl., Svenska Dagbladet‎^[1]:
  ’Och?’ undrade den gamle mannen. ’Har du förstått ett och annat då?’ ’Jo vars’, sa Jonathan.
  ’And?’ the old man wondered. ’Have you understood a thing or two then?’ ’Yep, certainly’, Jonathan said.

Etymology 3

See main entry var.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vɑːrs/, [vɒ̜˔ːʂ]
Audio: (file)

Noun

vars

indefinite genitive plural of var
indefinite genitive singular of var

Etymology 4

(relative pronoun) From Old Swedish hvars, genitive of hvar (“which, every”).
(distributive pronoun) From a reanalysis of varsin, varsitt (“one each”) (from var +‎ sin, sitt) as consisting of vars + en, ett (“one”) and then expanded to further numerals, e.g. vars två (”two each”), standard Swedish två var.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (relative pronoun, distributive pronoun) /vɑːrs/, [vɒ̜˔ːʂ], [vɒ̜˔ːʁs]
Audio: (file)
IPA^(key): (relative pronoun) /vars/, [väʂ]

Pronoun

vars

(relative pronoun) whose (of whom)
- 2015, Stieg Larsson, Män som hatar kvinnor:
  Telefonen ägdes av en Margot Lundmark, vars mor faktiskt hette Magda och stundom brukade jobba extra i butiken.
  The telephone was owned by a Margot Lundmark, whose mother’s name in fact was Magda and who sometimes worked part-time in the shop.
(distributive pronoun, dialectal, Scania) each
- 2004, Mikael Bergstrand, “Ta barnen på allvar i alla lägen”, in Sydsvenskan‎^[2]:
  Hans eventuella brott består i att han för drygt ett år sedan ålade elva unga trädvandaler från Videdalsskolan i Malmö att göra rätt för sig genom att återställa skadan, plantera nya träd och dessutom pröjsa vars tre hundralappar till gatukontoret.
  His possible crime consists in the fact that, just over a year ago, he ordered eleven young tree vandals from the Videdal school in Malmö to do the right thing by repairing the damage, planting new trees and also paying three hundred kronor each to the roadworks department.

Usage notes

Not used as an interrogative pronoun, in which case vems (singular) or vilkas (plural) is used.
The use of vars with a plural referent was earlier proscribed in favour of vilkas, but is now accepted, e.g.:
- 2018, “Granskning: Gapet mellan grundskolor ökar”, in Svenska Dagbladet‎^[3]:
  På de skolor där antalet behöriga lärare har minskat går många elever vars föräldrar inte är högutbildade.
  Many pupils whose parents are not highly educated attend schools where the number of qualified teachers has decreased.

References

vars in Svensk ordbok (SO)
vars in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Vars. Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore. 21 October 2013.

Anagrams

arvs, sarv, svar