tvar

See also: tvár, tvär, tvår, tvář, and TV-ar

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈtvar]
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  • Rhymes: -ar

Noun

tvar m

  1. shape (appearance or outline)
  2. shape (figure)

Declension
Declension of tvar
singular plural
nominative tvar tvary
genitive tvaru tvarů
dative tvaru tvarům
accusative tvar tvary
vocative tvare tvary
locative tvaru tvarech
instrumental tvarem tvary

Further reading
  • tvar in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • tvar in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • tvar in Internetová jazyková příručka

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tvarь.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʋâːr/

Noun

tvȃr f (Cyrillic spelling тва̑р)

  1. matter, substance, material

Declension
Declension of tvar
singular plural
nominative tvar tvari
genitive tvȃr tvárī
dative tvari tvarima
accusative tvar tvari
vocative tvari tvari
locative tvari tvarima
instrumental tvarju tvarima

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse þverr, from Proto-Germanic *þwerhaz, presumably from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (“to turn.”).

Adjective

tvar (comparative tjväränä, superlative tjväräst)

  1. Cranky, irritable, of bad temper.[1]
  2. (in compounds) Across.
  3. (neuter, as an adverb) Quick, immediate.
    ta å n twahtt ― take what there is right away
  4. (neuter, as an adverb) Cut clean off.
    han wahtt brytti å n twahtt ― it was broken right off

Noun

tvar f

  1. The short side of something.[1]

References
  1. Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Tvar and Tvar”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 767
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