"vir" meaning in Afrikaans

See vir in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Preposition

IPA: /fər/, [fɨr] Audio: LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-vir.wav
Etymology: From Dutch voor (“for; before”) or rather the dialectal variant veur (compare deur with Dutch door). The Afrikaans distinction between vir (“for”) and voor (“before”) may have been influenced by corresponding German für and vor. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|voor|t=for; before}} Dutch voor (“for; before”), {{cog|nl|door}} Dutch door, {{der|af|de|für}} German für Head templates: {{head|af|preposition}} vir
  1. for
    Sense id: en-vir-af-prep-EMIrz0x2 Categories (other): Afrikaans prepositions Disambiguation of Afrikaans prepositions: 12 45 43
  2. Used to indicate the addressee of a communicative act.
    Sense id: en-vir-af-prep-QjCWAFDI Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header, Afrikaans prepositions Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 0 84 16 Disambiguation of Afrikaans prepositions: 12 45 43
  3. Direct object marker.
    Sense id: en-vir-af-prep-9rRjoHpU Categories (other): Afrikaans prepositions Disambiguation of Afrikaans prepositions: 12 45 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ver [archaic], vi [Cape-Afrikaans], vi' [Cape-Afrikaans] Derived forms: virrie Related terms: voor

Alternative forms

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