вира
Old East Slavic
Alternative forms
- вѣра (věra)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vira.
Noun
вира (vira) f
- blood money (money that is obtained at the cost of another's life)
- blood money (money paid (as by a killer or the killer's clan) to the family of a person who has been killed)
- дика вира ― dika vira ― blood money paid by a community
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | вираа viraa |
вираѣ virajě |
вираꙑ viray |
| genitive | вираꙑ viray |
вирау virau |
вираъ viraŭ |
| dative | вираѣ virajě |
вираама viraama |
вираамъ viraamŭ |
| accusative | вираѫ viraǫ |
вираѣ virajě |
вираꙑ viray |
| instrumental | вираоѭ viraojǫ |
вираама viraama |
вираами viraami |
| locative | вираѣ virajě |
вирау virau |
вираахъ viraaxŭ |
| vocative | вирао virao |
вираѣ virajě |
вираꙑ viray |
Descendants
References
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893), “вира = вѣра”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments][1] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 262
Pannonian Rusyn
Alternative forms
- вера (vera) — obsolete
Etymology
Inherited from Old Slovak víra, from Proto-Slavic *věra. Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn ві́ра (víra) and Slovak viera.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvira]
- Rhymes: -ira
- Hyphenation: ви‧ра
- Homophone: Вира (Vira)
Noun
вира (vira) f (relational adjective вирни or вирски)
- faith, belief
- religion, faith
- Synonym: релиґия (religija)
- 2023 February 5, А. Саванович, “Идентитет”, in Руске Слово[2]:
- Яки ґод да нам идентитет, тото цо нас одредзує по походзеню родичох, по язику котри бешедуєме, по вири лєбо нєвереню, найважнєйше же зме шицки перше людзе.
- Jaki god da nam identitet, toto co nas odredzuje po poxodzenju rodičox, po jaziku kotri bešedujeme, po viri ljebo njeverenju, najvažnjejše že zme šicki perše ljudze.
- Whatever kind of identity it gives us, this is what defines us, by our parents' origin, by the language we speak, by faith or lack of faith, the most important thing is that we are all human beings first and foremost.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | вира (vira) | вири (viri) |
| genitive | вири (viri) | вирох (virox) |
| dative | вири (viri) | виром (virom) |
| accusative | виру (viru) | вири (viri) |
| instrumental | виру (viru) | вирами (virami) |
| locative | вири (viri) | вирох (virox) |
| vocative | виро (viro) | вири (viri) |
Related terms
nouns
- безвирец m (bezvirec)
- безвирє n (bezvirje)
- безвирнїк m (bezvirnjik)
- вирнїк m (virnjik)
- довириє n (dovirije)
verbs
- вериц impf (veric)
References
- Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “вира”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
- Fejsa, M.; Šlemender, M.; Čelʹovski, S. (2022), “belief”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 36
- Fejsa, M.; Šlemender, M.; Čelʹovski, S. (2022), “faith”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 110
- Fejsa, M.; Šlemender, M.; Čelʹovski, S. (2022), “religion”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 246
Russian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvʲirə]
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old East Slavic вира (vira), from Proto-Slavic *vira.
Noun
ви́ра • (víra) f inan (genitive ви́ры, nominative plural ви́ры, genitive plural вир)
Declension
Descendants
- → Czech: vira (learned)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Italian vira, second-person singular imperative of virare.
Interjection
ви́ра • (víra)
- (slang) lift!
- Antonym: ма́йна (májna)
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
ви́ра • (víra) m inan
- genitive singular of вир (vir)