deras

Galician

Verb

deras

1. second-person singular pluperfect indicative of dar

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d̪əˈras]
• Hyphenation: dê‧ras
• Rhymes: -as

Etymology 1

From Malay deras, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəʀəs (“swift flowing”). Compare Tagalog dalás (“frequency”).

Adjective

deras

1. heavy (of rate of flow)

Derived terms

• menderas
• penderas
• penderasan
• sederas

• hujan deras

Etymology 2

Root

deras

1. alternative spelling of daras

Etymology 3

Onomatopoeic.

Root

deras

1. the sound of something being poured

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *dəras, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəRas (“fast; rapid; heavy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dəˈras/ [dəˈras]
• Rhymes: -ras, -as
• Hyphenation: de‧ras

Adjective

deras (Jawi spelling درس, comparative lebih deras, superlative paling deras)

1. swift; rapid; fast (especially of a river current, flow of liquid, or movement).

   Synonyms: laju, pantas, cepat

   Antonyms: perlahan, lambat

   Arus sungai itu sangat deras.

   The river current is very swift.

   Darah mengalir deras dari lukanya.

   Blood flowed rapidly from his wound.

2. heavy; pouring (of rain).

   Synonym: lebat

   Hujan turun dengan deras.

   The rain falls heavily.

Derived terms

Affixations

• kederasan (“speed; velocity; rapidity”)
• menderas (“to become fast or swift”)
• menderaskan (“to speed up; to accelerate”)
• penderas (“accelerator”)

Descendants

• > Indonesian: deras (inherited)

Further reading

• "deras" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.ɾɐs/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.ɾɐs/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.ɾɐʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.ɾɐʃ/

Verb

deras

1. second-person singular pluperfect indicative of dar

Swedish

Alternative forms

• thera, theras, dheras (archaic/obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Swedish þēra, from Old Norse þeirra, with the -s added in analogy with other genitive forms, specifically the masculine/neuter singular -s. Further from Proto-Germanic *þaizǫ̂, genitive plural of *sa, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tóysoHom, masculine/neuter genitive plural of Proto-Indo-European *só.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

deras

1. their; belonging to them

   När grannarna är bortresta, vaktar jag deras hund

   When the neighbors are traveling, I tend their dog

Usage notes

Note the difference to sin:

När grannarna åker bort tar de med sig sin hund = When the neighbors travel, they bring their (own) dog.

That is, use sin if the subject of the sentence are the ones possessing something; deras otherwise.

Declension

Swedish personal pronouns

Number	Person		nominative	oblique	possessive
common	neuter	plural
singular	first	—	jag	mig, mej3	min	mitt	mina
second	—	du	dig, dej3	din	ditt	dina
third	masculine (person)	han	honom, han2, en5	hans
feminine (person)	hon	henne, na5	hennes
gender-neutral (person)1	hen	hen, henom7	hens
common (noun)	den	den	dess
neuter (noun)	det	det	dess
indefinite	man or en4	en	ens
reflexive	—	sig, sej3	sin	sitt	sina
plural	first	—	vi	oss	vår, våran2	vårt, vårat2	våra
second	—	ni	er	er, eran2, ers6	ert, erat2	era
archaic	I	eder	eder, eders6	edert	edra
third	—	de, dom3	dem, dom3	deras
reflexive	—	sig, sej3	sin	sitt	sina

¹Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, though it remains limited.

²Informal

³Colloquial pronunciation spelling.

⁴Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.

⁵Informal, somewhat dialectal

⁶Formal address

⁷Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council

Further reading

• “deras”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• redas