smar

See also: S/MAR and smár

Maltese

Root
s-m-r
10 terms

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic اِسْمَرَّ (ismarra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smaːr/
• Rhymes: -aːr

Verb

smar (imperfect jismar)

1. to become suntanned

Conjugation

Conjugation of smar (Form IX)

positive forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	smart	smart	smar	smarna	smartu	smaru
	f			smaret
imperfect	m	nismar	tismar	jismar	nismaru	tismaru	jismaru
	f			tismar
imperative			smar			smaru

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse smár, from Proto-Germanic *smēhaz.

Adjective

smar

1. small; little

Declension

Declension of smār (strong)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	smār	smār	smārt
accusative	smāran	smāra	smārt
dative	smārum smārom	smārri smārre	smāru smāro
genitive	smārs	smārrar	smārs
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	smārir smārer	smārar	smār
accusative	smāra	smārar	smār
dative	smārum smārom	smārum smārom	smārum smārom
genitive	smārra smāra	smārra smāra	smārra smāra

Declension of smār (weak)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	smāri smāre	smāra	smāra
accusative	smāra	smāru smāro	smāra
dative	smāra	smāru smāro	smāra
genitive	smāra	smāru smāro	smāra
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	smāru smāro	smāru smāro	smāru smāro
accusative	smāru smāro	smāru smāro	smāru smāro
dative	smāru smāro	smāru smāro	smāru smāro
genitive	smāru smāro	smāru smāro	smāru smāro

Descendants

• Swedish: små

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German smër, from Old High German smero, from Proto-West Germanic *smeru, from Proto-Germanic *smerwą, from Proto-Indo-European *smérus.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmar/

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA^(key): [ˈsma.rɘ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ar
• Syllabification: smar

Noun

smar m inan

1. grease, lubricant (substance used to reduce friction)

   Synonym: lubrykant

2. (Chełmno) synonym of bicie

Declension

Declension of smar

	singular	plural
nominative	smar	smary
genitive	smaru	smarów
dative	smarowi	smarom
accusative	smar	smary
instrumental	smarem	smarami
locative	smarze	smarach
vocative	smarze	smary

Derived terms

adjectives

• bezsmarowy
• smarowy

noun

• smarowidło

verb

• smarować

Further reading

• “smar”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “smar”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• Kazimierz Nitsch (1907), “smar”, in “Dyalekty polskie Prus zachodnich”, in Materyały i Prace Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie (in Polish), volume 3, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 392