snjór

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse snjór, snjár, snær.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stnjouːr/
• Rhymes: -ouːr

Noun

snjór m (genitive singular snjós or snjóvar or snjóar, nominative plural snjóar or snjóvar)

1. snow

   Snjórinn leysir. ― The snow is thawing.

Declension

declension of snjór

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	snjór	snjórinn	snjóar	snjóarnir
accusative	snjó	snjóinn	snjóa	snjóana
dative	snjó	snjónum	snjóum	snjóunum
genitive	snjós / snjóar	snjósins / snjóarins	snjóa	snjóanna

or:

declension of snjór

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	snjór	snjórinn	snjóvar	snjóvarnir
accusative	snjó	snjóinn	snjóva	snjóvana
dative	snjó	snjónum	snjóvum	snjóvunum
genitive	snjóvar	snjóvarins	snjóva	snjóvanna

Synonyms

• (snow): snjár, snær

Derived terms

• snjóa

See also

• hjarn (crust of snow)

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• snjár, snær

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *snaiwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos; cognates include the Old English snāw and the Old High German snēo.

Noun

snjór m (genitive snjós)

1. snow

Declension

  Declension of snjór (strong wa-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	snjór	snjórinn	snjóvar	snjóvarnir
accusative	snjó	snjóinn	snjóva	snjóvana
dative	snjóvi	snjóvinum	snjóvum	snjóvunum
genitive	snjóvar	snjóvar	snjóva	snjóvanna

Note -ar in the genitive singular.

Descendants

• Icelandic: snjór, snjár, snær
• Faroese: snjógvur
• Norn: snju, snaa
• Norwegian Nynorsk: snjo, snø; (dialectal) snjór'e, sny
• Norwegian Bokmål: snø
• Jamtish: snǿ
• Elfdalian: sniųo
• Old Swedish: sniōr
  • Swedish: snö
• Old Danish: sniō, snø̄, snē
  • Danish: sne
    • Norwegian Bokmål: sne
  • Scanian: sný
• Gutnish: snåi

References

• snjór in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.