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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Akin to Low German and Old Dutch snarren, German schnarren.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
snar (third-person singular simple present snars, present participle snarring, simple past and past participle snarred)
- (obsolete) To snarl.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- And some of Tygres, that did seeme to gren
And snar at all that ever passed by
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “snar”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams[edit]
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
snar (comparative snarari, superlative snarastur)
Inflection[edit]
positive (strong declension)
positive (weak declension)
comparative
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | snarari | snarari | snarara |
accusative | snarari | snarari | snarara |
dative | snarari | snarari | snarara |
genitive | snarari | snarari | snarara |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | snarari | snarari | snarari |
accusative | snarari | snarari | snarari |
dative | snarari | snarari | snarari |
genitive | snarari | snarari | snarari |
superlative (strong declension)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | snarastur | snörust | snarast |
accusative | snarastan | snarasta | snarast |
dative | snörustum | snarastri | snörustu |
genitive | snarasts | snarastrar | snarasts |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | snarastir | snarastar | snörust |
accusative | snarasta | snarastar | snörust |
dative | snörustum | snörustum | snörustum |
genitive | snarastra | snarastra | snarastra |
superlative (weak declension)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | snarasti | snarasta | snarasta |
accusative | snarasta | snörustu | snarasta |
dative | snarasta | snörustu | snarasta |
genitive | snarasta | snörustu | snarasta |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | snörustu | snörustu | snörustu |
accusative | snörustu | snörustu | snörustu |
dative | snörustu | snörustu | snörustu |
genitive | snörustu | snörustu | snörustu |
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
snar (neuter singular snart, definite singular and plural snare, comparative snarere, indefinite superlative snarest, definite superlative snareste)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “snar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
snar (neuter singular snart, definite singular and plural snare, comparative snarare, indefinite superlative snarast, definite superlative snaraste)
References[edit]
- “snar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Low German snoor.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Adjective[edit]
snar (comparative snarare, superlative snarast)
- near-term, immediate, ready
- min snara återkomst
- my not too distant return
- inom en snar framtid
- within the near future
- inom den snaraste framtiden
- within the nearest future
- quick (to act or react)
- vara snar att döma
- be quick to judge
Declension[edit]
Inflection of snar | |||
---|---|---|---|
Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | snar | snarare | snarast |
Neuter singular | snart | snarare | snarast |
Plural | snara | snarare | snarast |
Masculine plural3 | snare | snarare | snarast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | snare | snarare | snaraste |
All | snara | snarare | snaraste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
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