# verna
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈbɛr.nə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈvɛr.nə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈvɛɾ.na]

### Noun

verna f (plural vernes)
* Alternative form of vern (“alder”)

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvɛr.na/
* Rhymes: -ɛrna
* Hyphenation: vèr‧na

### Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

verna
* feminine singular of verno

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

verna
* inflection of vernare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Latin
### Etymology

Possibly an Etruscan borrowing, though a Proto-Indo-European origin would suggest connections with Sanskrit वास्तु (vā́stu, “house”), Ancient Greek ἄστυ (ástu), Latin vās, Old Norse vist, all referring to "abode" or "utensils".

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈu̯er.na/, [ˈu̯ɛrnä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈver.na/, [ˈvɛrnä]

### Noun

verna m (genitive vernae); first declension
* a slave born in his master's house, a homeborn slave.

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Derived terms

* vernāculus
* vernīlis

#### Descendants

* Italian: verna
* Portuguese: verna

### References

* “verna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “verna”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* verna in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* verna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* “verna”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “verna”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

### Anagrams

* Nerva

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* vernet

### Verb

verna
* inflection of verne:
** simple past
** past participle

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* verne

### Etymology

From Old Norse verna.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋɛrna/

### Verb

verna (present tense vernar, past tense verna, past participle verna, passive infinitive vernast, present participle vernande, imperative verna/vern)
* defend, protect
    Det gjeld å verna om interessene sine.It is important to protect one's interests.

#### Synonyms

* verja/verje
* tryggja/tryggje

### Noun

verna n pl
* definite plural of vern

### References

* “verna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From the root of vǫrn (“defence”).

### Verb

verna (singular past indicative vernaða, plural past indicative vernuðu, past participle vernaðr)
* defend, protect

#### Descendants

* Danish: værne
* Norwegian: verne
* Swedish: värna

### Further reading

* “verna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “verna”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “verna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
* verna in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* “verna”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “verna”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin