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вар

rare #23137
nounmasculineinanimateuncountable
  • 1.

    pitch, tar, grafting wax

    Ра́ну на де́реве зама́зали ва́ром.

    They sealed the cut on the tree with grafting wax.

    «садовый вар» = grafting wax used to seal cuts on trees.

  • 2.

    (rarecobbler's wax, shoemaker's pitchshoemaking

    Сапо́жник натёр ни́тку ва́ром.

    The cobbler waxed the thread with cobbler's wax.

  • 3.

    (rareboiling water

    Осторо́жно, в котле́ вар!

    Careful, there's boiling water in the pot!

    colloquial and dialectal; the usual word is «кипяток»

Examples

Declension

SingularPlural
Nom.Nominative

ва́р

ва́ры

Gen.Genitive

ва́ра

ва́ров

Dat.Dative

ва́ру

ва́рам

Acc.Accusative

ва́р

ва́ры

Inst.Instrumental

ва́ром

ва́рами

Prep.Prepositional

ва́ре

ва́рах

Word familyварPRO

  • варpitch; cobbler's wax; boiling water
    nounmasculine
  • ва́ркаcooking; brewing; welding
    nounfeminine
  • варе́ниеprocess of cooking by boiling
    nounneuter

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  • Iron edited translation 2 weeks ago.
  • editkurali edited translation 1 year ago.
  • Sandy edited noun basics 5 years ago.