varis
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *varis, from Proto-Uralic *warᴈ. Cognates include Estonian vares, Veps variš, Karelian varoi and Hungarian varjú. Likely an onomatopoeic word, compare Russian ворона (vorona).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɑris/, [ˈʋɑris̠]
- Hyphenation: va‧ris
Declension
| Inflection of varis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | varis | varikset | |
| genitive | variksen | varisten variksien | |
| partitive | varista | variksia | |
| illative | varikseen | variksiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | varis | varikset | |
| accusative | nom. | varis | varikset |
| gen. | variksen | ||
| genitive | variksen | varisten variksien | |
| partitive | varista | variksia | |
| inessive | variksessa | variksissa | |
| elative | variksesta | variksista | |
| illative | varikseen | variksiin | |
| adessive | variksella | variksilla | |
| ablative | varikselta | variksilta | |
| allative | varikselle | variksille | |
| essive | variksena | variksina | |
| translative | varikseksi | variksiksi | |
| instructive | — | variksin | |
| abessive | variksetta | variksitta | |
| comitative | — | variksineen | |
Usage notes
Until recently carrion crow (nokivaris, which is rarely seen in Finland but common in England) was believed to be just a black variant of hooded crow or grey crow (which is common in Finland but less common in England). Therefore many dictionaries give "carrion crow" as translation for varis.
Synonyms
- (corvid): varislintu
Compounds
Latin
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvä̌ːrʲɪs̪]
Declension
Hypernyms
- metalas
Derived terms
- (adjective) varinis
- (noun) žalvaris m
References
- “varis” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
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