snúa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse snúa, from Proto-Germanic *snōwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sneh₁(i)- (“to wind; twist; braid; plait”).

Verb

snúa (ri-verb, third-person singular past indicative sneri or snéri, supine snúið)

1. (with dative) to turnTemplate:jump
2. (with dative) to faceTemplate:jump

   Hvor hliðin snýr niður?

   Which side faces downwards?

3. (with dative, informal) to translate, to renderTemplate:jump
4. (with dative) to change somebody's mind, to convert somebodyTemplate:jump
5. (with dative) to make someone run errandsTemplate:jump
6. (with accusative) to twine, to twistTemplate:jump

Usage notes

• One of the four ri-verbs in Icelandic, the other being núa (“to rub, massage; to wipe”), gróa (“to grow; to heal”) and róa (“to row”).
• Even though some forms that include the letter e are pronounced as having an é, the e-spelling is thought to be correct by the Icelandic ministry of education. The preferred spelling of the first person singular past tense indicative form of the word snúa would thus be sneri (“I turned”) instead of snéri (“I turned”), although both forms are used.

Synonyms

• Template:jump venda
• Template:jump vísa
• Template:jump þýða, snara, útleggja
• Template:jump telja hughvarf
• Template:jump láta þjóna sér
• Template:jump flétta

Derived terms

Derived terms

• snúa á
• snúa aftur
• snúa aftur með
• snúa á sitt mál
• snúa að
• snúa frá
• snúa fram
• snúa öfugt

• snúa sér að
• snúa sér í hring
• snúa sér til
• snúa sér undan
• snúa sig (to twist one's ankle or elbow)
• snúa sig út úr
• snúast
• snúast á sveif með

• snúast fyrir
• snúast gegn
• snúast í
• snúast í lið með
• snúast upp í
• snúast við
• snúa til kristni
• snúa upp

• snúa upp á
• snúa upp á sig
• snúa upp í grín
• snúa úr hálsliðnum
• snúa út úr
• snúa út úr fyrir
• snúa við
• snúinn

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *snōwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sneh₁(i)- (“to wind; twist; braid; plait”).

Verb

snúa

1. to turn (around), twist

Conjugation

Conjugation of snúa — active (strong class 7, weak inflection in past tense)

infinitive	snúa
present participle	snúandi
past participle	snúinn
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	sný	snera, snøra
2nd-person singular	snýr	snerir, snørir
3rd-person singular	snýr	sneri, snøri
1st-person plural	snúm	snerum, snørum
2nd-person plural	snúið	sneruð, snøruð
3rd-person plural	snúa	sneru, snøru
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	snúa	snera, snøra
2nd-person singular	snúir	snerir, snørir
3rd-person singular	snúi	sneri, snøri
1st-person plural	snúim	snerim, snørim
2nd-person plural	snúið	snerið, snørið
3rd-person plural	snúi	sneri, snøri
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	snú
1st-person plural	snúm
2nd-person plural	snúið

Conjugation of snúa — mediopassive (strong class 7, weak inflection in past tense)

infinitive	snúask
present participle	snúandisk
past participle	snúizk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	snúmk	snerumk, snørumk
2nd-person singular	snýsk	snerisk, snørisk
3rd-person singular	snýsk	snerisk, snørisk
1st-person plural	snúmsk	snerumsk, snørumsk
2nd-person plural	snúizk	sneruzk, snøruzk
3rd-person plural	snúask	snerusk, snørusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	snúmk	snerumk, snørumk
2nd-person singular	snúisk	snerisk, snørisk
3rd-person singular	snúisk	snerisk, snørisk
1st-person plural	snúimsk	snerimsk, snørimsk
2nd-person plural	snúizk	snerizk, snørizk
3rd-person plural	snúisk	snerisk, snørisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	snúsk
1st-person plural	snúmsk
2nd-person plural	snúizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: snúa
• Faroese: snurra
• Norwegian:
  • Bokmål: snu
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: snu
• Swedish: snurra
• Danish: snurre