aver

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English averren, from Old French averer, from Early Medieval Latin advērō, a verb derived from Latin vērus (“true”). Compare Modern French avérer. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈvɜː/ (General American) IPA(key): /əˈvɝ/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ) ==== Verb ==== aver (third-person singular simple present avers, present participle averring, simple past and past participle averred) (ambitransitive) To assert the truth of (something); to affirm (something) with confidence; to declare (something) in a positive manner. (ambitransitive, law) To justify or prove (an allegation or plea that one has made). (transitive, obsolete) To avouch, prove, or verify the existence or happening of (something), or to offer to do so. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Synonyms ===== (assert the truth): swear ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== averment ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English aver, avere (“workhorse; any beast of burden (?); things which are owned, possessions, property, wealth; state of being rich, wealth; ownership, possession”) [and other forms], and then either: from Old French aver, aveir, avoir (“possession, property; (collectively) beasts of burden; domestic animals; cattle”) (modern French avoir (“asset, possession”)), from aveir, avoir (“to have”), from Latin habēre (“to have, hold; to have, own (possessions)”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ-, *ǵʰeh₁bʰ- (“to grab, take”); or from Old English eafor (“workhorse; tenant’s obligation to transport goods”), further etymology uncertain. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈeɪvə/ Homophone: Ava (General American) IPA(key): /ˈeɪvɚ/ ==== Noun ==== aver (plural avers) (UK, dialectal, archaic) A beast of burden; chiefly a workhorse, but also a working ox or other animal. (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal, archaic) An old, useless horse; a nag. === References === === Anagrams === AVRE, Rave, Vera, evar, rave, vare, vera == Franco-Provençal == === Verb === aver (Old Dauphinois) alternative form of avêr (“to have”) === References === Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “habēre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 4: G H I, page 361 == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈver/ Homophone: haver Rhymes: -er Hyphenation: a‧vér === Verb === aver (apocopated) apocopic form of avere === Anagrams === vera == Ladino == === Etymology === From Old Spanish aver, from Latin habēre (“hold, have”). === Verb === aver (Hebrew spelling אביר) to have (impersonal, in third person singular only) to exist; “there is”, “there are” (ay); “there was”, “there were” (avia) == Middle English == === Etymology === From Old French aver, aveir, avoir (“possession, property; (collectively) beasts of burden; domestic animals; cattle”) (modern French avoir (“asset, possession”)), from aveir, avoir (“to have”), from Latin habēre (“to have, hold; to have, own (possessions)”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ-, *ǵʰeh₁bʰ- (“to grab, take”). Cognate with Middle French avoir, Norman aver, aveir. === Noun === aver (plural avers) belongings, possessions, property, wealth === References === == Norman == === Alternative forms === aveir (Guernsey) === Etymology === From Old French aveir, archaic form of avoir, from Latin habēre (“have, hold, possess”). === Verb === aver (Jersey, alternative form in Guernsey) to have ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Occitan == === Etymology === From Old Occitan aver, haver, from Latin habēre (“to have, hold, keep”). Cognate with Catalan haver, French avoir, Italian avere, Portuguese haver, Romanian avea, avere, and Sardinian (Campidanese airi, Logudorese àere), Spanish haber, and English aver (borrowed via Old French). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈbe/ IPA(key): (Niçard) [avˈe] === Verb === aver to have; to possess Synonym: possedir (auxiliary) to have ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== aver luòc == Old French == === Verb === aver alternative form of avoir === Noun === aver oblique singular, m (oblique plural avers, nominative singular avers, nominative plural aver) alternative form of avoir == Old Galician-Portuguese == === Alternative forms === haver (latinized form) === Etymology === Inherited from Latin habēre (“to have, to hold, to possess”). Cognate with Old Spanish and Old Occitan aver, Old French aveir. === Pronunciation === (Galicia) IPA(key): /aˈβeɾ/ (Portugal) IPA(key): /aˈβeɾ/, /aˈveɾ/ === Verb === aver to have to exist ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Galician: haber Portuguese: haver === Further reading === Universo Cantigas - "aver1" == Old Occitan == === Alternative forms === haver === Etymology === From Latin habēre (“to have, hold, keep”). Cognate with Old French avoir, aver, aveir, avoyr, Old Sardinian avere, and Old Spanish aver. === Verb === aver to have; to possess ==== Descendants ==== Occitan: aver == Old Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin habeō, habēre (“to have, hold, keep”). Cognate with Old French avoir, aver, aveir, avoyr, and Old Occitan aver, haver. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈβeɾ/ === Verb === aver to have ==== Descendants ==== == Portuguese == === Verb === aver (first-person singular present indicative ei, past participle avido) obsolete spelling of haver ==== Conjugation ==== This verb needs an inflection-table template. === Noun === aver m (plural averes) obsolete spelling of haver == Romani == === Alternative forms === kaver, vaver === Etymology === Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀯𑀭 (avara), from Sanskrit अपर (apara). === Adjective === aver other === References === Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ápara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 20 Boretzky, Norbert; Igla, Birgit (1994), “avér”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 14 Marcel Courthiade (2009), “aver B-ćham: -e”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 68 == Spanish == === Verb === aver obsolete spelling of haber === Interjection === aver misspelling of a ver ==== Conjugation ==== This entry needs an inflection-table template. == Venetan == === Alternative forms === gaver === Etymology === From Latin habēre. === Verb === aver (transitive) to have (transitive) to possess ==== Conjugation ==== * Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive. === References === Silvano Belloni (2009), Grammatica Veneta [Venetan Grammar]‎[4] (in Italian), Esedra Editrice, →ISBN, page 75