veru

See also: vérű, Věru, vëṛu, and веру

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾu/ [ˈbe.ɾu]
• Rhymes: -eɾu
• Syllabification: ve‧ru

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin verus

Adjective

veru m sg (feminine vera, masculine plural veros, feminine plural veres, neuter vero)

1. (archaic, literary, except in the phrase enteru y veru) true, correct

   Synonym: verdaderu

Alternative forms

• veiru (Western)
• averu (Mieres, Ayer, Riosa)
• aveiru (Cangas del Narcea)

Derived terms

• enteru y veru

Etymology 2

Masculinization of vera.

Noun

veru m (plural veros)

1. edge, side

   Synonyms: vera, borde

2. bank (of river)

   Synonyms: vera, oriella

3. stable, or section of a stable, for goats
4. refuge, place to hide from the rain

   Synonym: abellugu

5. (fishing) hollows in a riverbank where fish hide

References

• “veru”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
• García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “veru (adjective)”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “veru (noun)”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Faroese

Noun

veru f

1. accusative singular of vera
2. dative singular of vera
3. genitive singular of vera

Icelandic

Noun

veru f

1. indefinite accusative singular of vera
2. indefinite dative singular of vera
3. indefinite genitive singular of vera

Latin

Alternative forms

• verum
• verōnēs

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷéru

Proto-Italic *gʷeru

Latin verū̆

Inherited from Proto-Italic *gʷeru (“spit”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷéru.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwɛ.ruː], [ˈwɛ.rʊ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvɛː.ru]

Noun

verū̆ n (genitive verūs or verū); fourth declension

1. spit, broach (especially for roasting)
2. dart, javelin

   verū montānum ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. (in the plural) paling or railing around an altar or tomb
4. a critical sign on the margin of a book, obelus

Declension

Fourth-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	verū̆1	verua
genitive	verūs2 verū3	veruum
dative	verū4 veruī2	veribus
accusative	verū̆1	verua
ablative	verū	veribus
vocative	verū̆1	verua

¹The length of the final vowel is uncertain in the nominative/accusative/vocative singular; Martianus Capella considers it to end with -ū, while Servius considers it to end with -ŭ.
²According to Martianus Capella.
³According to Servius.
⁴According to both.

Derived terms

• verūtum (“short throwing spear”)
• veruīna (“spit”)
• vericulum (“small pointed rod”)

Descendants

• ⇒ Italian: verretta (diminutive), viera, ghiera (crossed with Lombardic ger)

References

• “veru”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “veru”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian veru and/or Italian vero, both from Latin verus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛː.ru/
• Rhymes: -ɛːru

Adjective

veru (feminine singular vera, plural veri or vera)

1. (usually prepositioned) real, actual, true

   il-veru sens tal-ħajja ― the real sense of life

2. (usually postpositioned) true, truthful

   tweġiba vera ― a true answer

Antonyms

• falz

Related terms

• veraċi
• veraċità
• verament
• verissmu
• verista
• verità
• veriżmu
• verusimilitudni
• verusimilkanza
• verusimli

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

veru f (definite singular vero, indefinite plural verur, definite plural verune)

1. (pre-1917) alternative form of vere