snar
English
Etymology
Akin to Low German and Old Dutch snarren, German schnarren.
Verb
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- (obsolete) To snarl.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)
Derived terms
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “snar”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Anagrams
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Adjective
snar (comparative snarari, superlative snarastur)
Inflection
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 |
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 |
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
Etymology
Adjective
snar (neuter singular snart, definite singular and plural snare, comparative snarere, indefinite superlative snarest, definite superlative snareste)
Derived terms
References
- “snar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Adjective
snar (neuter singular snart, definite singular and plural snare, comparative snarare, indefinite superlative snarast, definite superlative snaraste)
References
- “snar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Low German snoor.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Adjective
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
- min snara återkomst
Declension
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 |
Related terms
- English terms with obsolete senses
- Requests for quotations/Edmund Spenser
- Icelandic 1-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/aːr
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic adjectives
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål adjectives
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk adjectives
- Swedish terms derived from Low German
- Swedish terms with audio links
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish adjectives