вера

• wiera, viera — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

From Middle Belarusian вѣра (věra), from Old East Slavic вѣра (věra), from Proto-Slavic *věra.

• IPA^(key): [ˈvʲera]

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ве́ра • (vjéra) f inan (genitive ве́ры, uncountable)

1. faith, belief, trust

• вераго́дны (vjerahódny)

• “вера” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věra.

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛɾa]

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• Rhymes: -ɛɾa

вера • (vera) f (plural вери, relational adjective верски or верен)

1. religion
2. belief
3. trust

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛra]
• Rhymes: -ɛra
• Hyphenation: ве‧ра
• Homophone: Вера (Vera)

Inherited from Old Slovak vera, from Proto-Slavic *věra.

вера (vera) f (relational adjective верни)

1. obsolete form of вира (vira)

• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M. (1995), “вера”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Сербско-руски словнїк [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (А – Њ), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 117
• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “вера¹”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy

Inherited from Old Slovak vera (“debt, credit; really, truly”). Further etymology uncertain, but possibly related to German währen.

вера (vera)

1. reinforcement particle: God, my God, by God, such, really

   Synonyms: ба (ba), боме (bome), наисце (naisce)

   “гладни ши?” “вера сом гладни!”

   “hladni ši?” “vera som hladni!”

   "are you hungry?" "God, I am hungry!"

   ти вера вельки юнак ― ti vera velʹki junak ― you are such a large young man

   Вера я би го нє послухал!

   Vera ja bi ho nje posluxal!

   By God, I wouldn't listen to him!

2. get this, suddenly, all of a sudden (statement used before discussing something unexpected)

   пасовали ше, вера вон звалєл моцнєйшого Петра

   pasovali še, vera von zvaljel mocnjejšoho Petra

   They wrestled and, all of a sudden, he knocked down the stronger Peter

3. (possibly dated) of course, certainly

   Synonyms: розуми ше (rozumi še), вшелїяк (všeljijak), дабоме (dabome)

   вера маш право ― vera maš pravo ― of course you're right

   – Идзеш на вашар? – Ша вера!

   – Idzeš na vašar? – Ša vera!

   – Are you going to the bazaar? – But of course!

• Sense 2 may be compounded with a variety of words, such as ша (ša) (prepositive), га (ha) (prepositive), так (tak) (postpositive), or гей (hej) (postpositive).

• Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “vera”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC
• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M. (1995), “богме”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Сербско-руски словнїк [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (А – Њ), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 78
• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M. (1995), “вала[ј]”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Сербско-руски словнїк [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (А – Њ), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 107
• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M. (1995), “дашта и дашто”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Сербско-руски словнїк [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (А – Њ), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 199
• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M. (1997), “вера”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Сербско-руски словнїк [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 2 (О – Ш), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 891
• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “вера²”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

вера (vera)

1. third-person singular present indicative of верац (verac)

• вѣ́ра (vě́ra) — pre-1918 spelling

Inherited from Old East Slavic вѣра (věra), from Proto-Slavic *věra.

• IPA^(key): [ˈvʲerə]

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ве́ра • (véra) f inan (genitive ве́ры, nominative plural ве́ры, genitive plural вер)

1. belief, faith

   ве́ра в кого́-либо/что́-либо ― véra v kovó-libo/štó-libo ― belief in someone/something

2. (colloquial) trust, faith (belief in someone's honesty and reliability)
3. (religion) faith, creed (adherence to a religion; a set of religious beliefs)

   христиа́нская ве́ра ― xristiánskaja véra ― Christian faith

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věra.

• вје̏ра (Ijekavian)
• vira (Ikavian)

• IPA^(key): /ʋêra/
• Hyphenation: ве‧ра

ве̏ра f (Latin spelling vȅra)

1. belief, faith
2. religion

• вѐрскӣ

Borrowed from Italian vera.

• IPA^(key): /ʋêːra/
• Hyphenation: ве‧ра

ве̑ра f (Latin spelling vȇra)

1. wedding ring