avir

From Old Galician-Portuguese avĩir, from Latin advenīre, present active infinitive of adveniō.

• IPA^(key): [aˈβiɾ]

avir (first-person singular present aveño, first-person singular preterite avín, past participle avido)

1. (intransitive, archaic) to happen
2. (reflexive) to agree
3. (reflexive) to reconcile

• “aviir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “aueñ” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “avir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “avir” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

• awir

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• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈvɪr/

avir m or f (Arabic spelling ئاڤڕ‎)

1. scorn, contempt, disdain
2. (scornful or contemptuous) look, glance, leer
3. frown, sour face
4. wink (act of winking)

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “avir̄”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 19

From Latin advenīre. Doublet of advir.

avir (first-person singular present avenho, first-person singular preterite avim, past participle avindo)

1. to adjust
2. to appease