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vri

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See also: VRI and vři

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch frī, from Proto-West Germanic *frī, from Proto-Germanic *frijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *priHós.

Adjective

vri

  1. free

Declension

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

  • vriheit
  • vriwaren
  • vriën (“to free”)

Descendants

  • Dutch: vrij
    • Afrikaans: vry
    • Negerhollands: vri, vrie, fri
    • → Aukan: felei
    • → Caribbean Javanese: frèi, prèi, pré
    • → Indonesian: prei (“holiday, free, doing nothing”)
    • → Javanese: ꦥꦿꦺꦲꦶ (prèi)
    • → Peranakan Indonesian: vry
    • → Sundanese: peré
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Middle Low German

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From Old Saxon frī.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /friː/
    • IPA(key): /friːʝ-/ (inflected stem with -g-)

    Adjective

    vrî (comparative vrîer or vrîger, superlative vrîest or vrîgest)

    1. free

    Declension

    More information singular, plural ...

    The longer forms become rarer in the course of the period.

    or

    More information singular, plural ...

    The longer forms become rarer in the course of the period.

    Descendants

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    Norwegian Bokmål

    Etymology

    From Danish vride and Old Danish writhæ, from Old Norse ríða, vríða.

    Verb

    vri (imperative vri, present tense vrir, passive vris, simple past vred or vrei or vridde, past participle vridd, present participle vriende)

    1. to turn, twist, wring
    2. (reflexive) to squirm, twist, wriggle, writhe
    3. (card games) to change the colour or suit that is allowed to play (according to the rules of the particular game)

    Noun

    vri m (definite singular vrien, indefinite plural vrier, definite plural vriene)

    1. a twist
    2. (card games)
      1. a card game where one can dictate the colour or suit that is allowed to play
      2. a change of the playable colour(s) or suit(s) in such a card game

    Adjective

    vri (masculine and feminine vri, neuter vritt, definite singular and plural vrie)

    1. (dialectal) difficult, intransigent

    References

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    From Old Norse vríða, from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną. Originally a strong verb, it may now also be inflected as a weak verb. Related to vreid (“wroth”) and vreide (“wrath”).

    Verb

    vri (present tense vrir, past tense vridde or vrei, supine vridd/vridt or vride, past participle vridd or vriden, present participle vridande, imperative vri)

    1. to turn, twist, wring
    2. (reflexive) to squirm, twist, wriggle, writhe
    3. (card games) to change the colour or suit that is allowed to play (according to the rules of the particular game)

    Derived terms

    • forvri, forvrida, forvride
    • vri halsen om på
    • vridar m
    • vridekle n, vrideklede n, vrikle n, vriklede n
    • vridel m
    • vridemaskin f, vrimaskin f
    • vriding f
    • vridnad m
    • vrien
    • vrifure f, vrifuru f
    • vriåttar m

    Noun

    vri m (definite singular vrien, indefinite plural vriar, definite plural vriane)

    1. a twist
    2. (card games)
      1. a card game where one can dictate the colour or suit that is allowed to play
      2. a change of the playable colour(s) or suit(s) in such a card game

    Adjective

    vri (masculine and feminine vri, neuter vritt, definite singular and plural vrie, comparative vriare, indefinite superlative vriast, definite superlative vriaste)

    1. (dialectal) difficult, intransigent

    References

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    Serbo-Croatian

    Verb

    vri (Cyrillic spelling ври)

    1. inflection of vreti:
      1. third-person singular present
      2. second-person singular imperative

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