ära

See also: aera, aerá, aéra, aerã, æra, aera-, and Appendix:Variations of "ara"

Elfdalian

Etymology 1

From Old Norse eyra, from Proto-Germanic *ausô. Cognate with Swedish ära.

Noun

ära n

  1. ear
Inflection
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Verb

ära

  1. to hear
Inflection

Etymology 2

From Old Norse heyra, from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną. Cognate with Swedish höra.

Noun

ära f

  1. honour
Inflection

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Estonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *älä- (negative imperative stem). Cognate to Finnish älä.

Verb

ära

  1. second-person singular imperative of ei (negative verb): do not/don’t

Etymology 2

Related to eri.

Adverb

ära (not comparable)

  1. away
    Mine ära!
    Go away!
  2. forms perfective verbs
    1. sööma (to eat)ära sööma (to eat (perfective))
    2. tapma (to kill)ära tapma (to murder, to kill (perfective))

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German ēre, from Old Saxon ēra (renown, glory, honor). Cognate with Icelandic æra and Faroese æra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²æːra/
  • (file)

Noun

ära c

  1. honor, glory; an objectification of praiseworthiness

Declension

Declension of ära 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ära äran äror ärorna
Genitive äras ärans ärors ärornas

Derived terms

Verb

ära (present ärar, preterite ärade, supine ärat, imperative ära)

  1. to honor; to show respect for
  2. (dated) to honor; to conform to, abide by, act in accordance with (an agreement, request, or the like)

Conjugation

References

  • ära in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Further reading

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