свара

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svãrъ, from the Proto-Indo-European root *swer- (“to resound, enunciate, pronounce; to swear”). Cognate with Old Norse swara (“answer”), English answer, swear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsvarə]

Noun

сва́ра • (svára) f inan (genitive сва́ры, nominative plural сва́ры, genitive plural свар)

1. (colloquial) quarrel, squabble

Declension

Declension of сва́ра (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	сва́ра svára	сва́ры sváry
genitive	сва́ры sváry	сва́р svár
dative	сва́ре sváre	сва́рам sváram
accusative	сва́ру sváru	сва́ры sváry
instrumental	сва́рой, сва́рою svároj, svároju	сва́рами svárami
prepositional	сва́ре sváre	сва́рах svárax

Derived terms

• сварли́вый (svarlívyj)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “свара”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress