vart

See also: várt, värt, and vårt

English

Etymology

Blend of vagina +‎ fart.

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t

Noun

vart (plural varts)

1. (vulgar, slang) An emission of air from the vagina, especially when audible; a queef.

Verb

vart (third-person singular simple present varts, present participle varting, simple past and past participle varted)

1. (vulgar, slang) To queef.

Anagrams

• AVRT, TAVR, Trav

Czech

Noun

vart

1. genitive plural of varta

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin hortus.

Noun

vart m

1. vegetable garden

Estonian

Noun

vart

1. partitive singular of vars

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vaɻ̊ʈ]

Verb

vart

1. second-person past of vera

   tú vart ein góður drongur

   you were a good boy

Hungarian

Etymology

var +‎ -t

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɒrt]
• Hyphenation: vart
• Homophone: varrt

Noun

vart

1. accusative singular of var

Ingrian

Etymology

Probably from varsi (“stalk”). Akin to Finnish varten.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑrt/, [ˈʋɑrd]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑrt/, [ˈʋɑrd̥]
• Rhymes: -ɑrt
• Hyphenation: vart

Postposition

vart (+ partitive)

1. for
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 1:

     Bukvari iƶoroin şkouluja vart.

     A primer for Ingrian schools.

   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:

     Sitä vart, jot hyväst saavva tolkku ympäröiväst paikast, pittää tuntaa löytää pooli ja matka, tuntaa katsoa paikan plaanua.

     For this, to understand the surrounding area well, one has to be able to find the direction and the distance, to be able to look at the map of the area.

2. because of

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 644
• Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎, →ISBN, page 15

Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon fard, from Proto-Germanic *fardiz. Compare Middle Dutch vāert, Middle High German vart.

Noun

vārt f

1. traffic, journey

Descendants

• → Danish: fart
• → Swedish: fart
• → Norwegian Bokmål: fart

Further reading

• "vārt" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelniederdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

vart

1. past participle of vare

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɑrt/

Verb

vart

1. past tense of bli
2. past tense of verte

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɑrt/

Verb

vart

1. imperative of varte

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɑːrt/

Participle

vart

1. neuter of vard

Verb

vart

1. supine of verje

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɑːrt/

Adjective

vart

1. neuter of var

Verb

vart

1. supine of vare

Participle

vart (definite singular and plural varte)

1. past participle of vare
2. (non-standard since 2012) neuter of vard

References

• “vart” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• tarv, trav, tvar, vatr

Old High German

Alternative forms

• fart

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fardi, whence also Old English fierd, Old Norse ferð.

Noun

vart f

1. trip
2. ride

Descendants

• German: Fahrt

Old Norse

Adjective

vart (masculine varr, feminine vǫr)

1. strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of varr

Adverb

vart (not comparable)

1. scantily, poorly
2. scarcely

Participle

vart

1. strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of varðr

Verb

vart

1. second-person singular past indicative of vera
2. second-person singular past indicative of verða
3. supine of verja

References

• “vart”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Swedish

Verb

vart

1. second-person singular indicative past of vara

Polabian

Etymology

From Middle Low German wert (“host”), from Old Saxon werd, from Proto-Germanic *werduz.

Noun

vart m ?

1. master, host, householder

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvart/, /ˈvɑːrt/, [ˈvaʈː], [ˈvɑːʈ]
• Rhymes: -ɑːʈ

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish hvart, shortened form of var-åt, "towards where".

Adverb

vart

1. to where, to which place, whither, whereto?

   Vart ska ni?

   Where are you going to?

3. (informal, nonstandard) where

   Synonym: var

   Vart är den?

   Where is it?

Usage notes

Often not clearly separated from var in (sense 2) by native speakers (to the point where the standard usage has to be learned). Degree of preference for vart over var in the sense of "where?" varies by dialect.

Synonyms

• varthän

See also

• var
• varifrån

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vart

1. past indicative of varda
   2. (colloquial) Synonym of blev, past indicative of bli

      När vart han kung?

      When did he become king?

      – Vart det bra? – Japp, det vart bra.

      – Did it turn out well? – Yep, it turned out well.

Usage notes

Often not intuitively connected to varda in (sense 1.1) by speakers, though etymologically connected.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Determiner

vart

1. neuter of var

Etymology 4

Syncopic form of varit, perhaps influenced by the identical past form of varda.

Verb

vart

1. (colloquial) supine of vara

References

• vart in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vart in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vart in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• tarv