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vaar (present vaar, present participle varende, past participle gevaar)

1. to sail
2. to navigate
3. to fare

   Die leerders vaar uitstekend in die plaaslike kompetisie.

   The learners are faring extremely well in the local competition.

• vaarwel
• vaart
• afvaar
• aanvaar

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• Rhymes: -aːr

Formed from vader through regular d-syncope (compare veer, broer, la).

vaar m (plural varen, diminutive vaartje n or vaarke n)

1. Obsolete form of vader (“father”).

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

vaar

1. inflection of varen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

From Swedish far.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɑːr/, [ˈvɑːr]
• Rhymes: -ɑːr
• Hyphenation: vaar

vaar (genitive vaari, partitive vaari)

1. (rare) Synonym of vanaisa

• vaar in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “vaar”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

vaar m or f (neuter vaart, plural vaare)

1. obsolete typography of vår

vaar m

1. obsolete typography of vår

vaar

1. Alternative form of feyer
   • 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, line 9:

     Wu canna gow to Ilone vaar,

     We cannot go to the Island fair,

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 131