"vapras" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Proto-Finnic]

Etymology: Uncertain. Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *fagraz, or from hypothetical Proto-Germanic *wabraz (“moving, lively, brisk ?”) (related to Old Norse vafra (“to move unsteadily, flicker”), Old English wæfre (“wavering, restless”), Danish væver (“brisk, lively”)). Etymology templates: {{unc|urj-fin-pro}} Uncertain, {{bor|urj-fin-pro|gem-pro|*fagraz}} Proto-Germanic *fagraz, {{bor|urj-fin-pro|gem-pro||*wabraz|t=moving, lively, brisk ?}} Proto-Germanic *wabraz (“moving, lively, brisk ?”), {{cog|non|vafra|t=to move unsteadily, flicker}} Old Norse vafra (“to move unsteadily, flicker”), {{cog|ang|wæfre|t=wavering, restless}} Old English wæfre (“wavering, restless”), {{cog|da|væver|t=brisk, lively}} Danish væver (“brisk, lively”) Inflection templates: {{urj-fin-decl|vapras}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], vapras [nominative, singular], vaprahët [nominative, plural], vaprahën [accusative, singular], vaprahët [accusative, plural], vaprahën [genitive, singular], vaprastën [genitive, plural], vaprahidën [genitive, plural], vaprasta [partitive, singular], vaprahita [partitive, plural], vaprahëssa [inessive, singular], vaprahëhna [inessive, singular], vaprahissa [inessive, plural], vaprahihna [inessive, plural], vaprahësta [elative, singular], vaprahista [elative, plural], vaprahësën [illative, singular], vaprahisën [illative, plural], vaprahëlla [adessive, singular], vaprahilla [adessive, plural], vaprahëlta [ablative, singular], vaprahilta [ablative, plural], vaprahëlën [allative, singular], vaprahëlëk [allative, singular], vaprahilën [allative, plural], vaprahilëk [allative, plural], vaprassa [essive, singular], vaprahina [essive, plural], vaprahëksi [singular, translative], vaprahiksi [plural, translative], vaprahën [instructive, singular], vaprahin [instructive, plural], vaprassëk [comitative, singular], vaprahinëk [comitative, plural], vaprahëtta [abessive, singular], vaprahitta [abessive, plural]
  1. lively, brisk, healthy Tags: reconstruction
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      "lang_code": "et",
      "word": "vapper"
    },
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "word": "vauras"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "South Karelian",
          "lang_code": "krl-sou",
          "raw_tags": [
            "inherited",
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          ],
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        }
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      "lang": "Võro",
      "lang_code": "vro",
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    }
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      "name": "cog"
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vaprahihna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vaprahista",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vaprahisën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vaprahëlla",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "vaprahilla",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "ablative",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vaprahëlën",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vaprahëlëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vaprahilën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vaprahilëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "inflection",
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    {
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vaprahin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instructive",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "vaprassëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "vaprahinëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "abessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vaprahitta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "plural"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "urj-fin-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vapras",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
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        },
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        },
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        }
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        "lively, brisk, healthy"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "lively",
          "lively"
        ],
        [
          "brisk",
          "brisk"
        ],
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          "healthy",
          "healthy"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}
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    },
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      "word": "vauras"
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      "name": "cog"
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        "singular"
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
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        "genitive",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
      ]
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    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "vaprahissa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "vaprahihna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "vaprahina",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vaprahëksi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vaprahën",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vaprahin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instructive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vaprassëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vaprahinëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vaprahëtta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vaprahitta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "plural"
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      "name": "urj-fin-decl"
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  "lang": "Proto-Finnic",
  "lang_code": "urj-fin-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vapras",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Finnic adjectives",
        "Proto-Finnic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Finnic lemmas",
        "Proto-Finnic nominals by type/Vle, Vne, Vre, Vse",
        "Proto-Finnic terms borrowed from Proto-Germanic",
        "Proto-Finnic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Proto-Finnic terms with unknown etymologies"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lively, brisk, healthy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lively",
          "lively"
        ],
        [
          "brisk",
          "brisk"
        ],
        [
          "healthy",
          "healthy"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "vapras"
}

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