sår
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse sár, from Proto-Germanic *sairą, cognate with English sore, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍂 (sair). Derived from the following adjective.
Noun edit
sår n (singular definite såret, plural indefinite sår)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse sárr, from Proto-Germanic *sairaz, cognate with English sore, German sehr (“very”), Dutch zeer.
Adjective edit
sår (neuter sårt, plural and definite singular attributive såre)
- sore, worried, distressed
- 1888, Niels Møller, Efteraar[1], page 100:
- en kvinde dem følger i såreste nød / med tårer i øjet og hjærtet i lue.
- A woman who follows them in her most painful need with tears in her eyes and with her heart on fire.
- 1894, Henrik Pontoppidan, Den gamle Adam[2]:
- Jeg forstod, at jeg med mine Spørgsmaal havde nærmet mig hendes Sjæls saare Punkt.
- I understood that with my questions, I have approached the sore spot of her soul.
Inflection edit
| Inflection of sår | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Indefinte common singular | sår | sårere | sårest2 |
| Indefinite neuter singular | sårt | sårere | sårest2 |
| Plural | såre | sårere | sårest2 |
| Definite attributive1 | såre | sårere | såreste |
| 1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. | |||
Derived terms edit
- såre (“very”, adverb)
References edit
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
sår
Etymology 4 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
sår
- imperative of såre
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
sår (neuter singular sårt, definite singular and plural såre)
- sore
- en sår hals - a sore throat
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
sår n (definite singular såret, indefinite plural sår, definite plural såra or sårene)
- a wound
- Tiden leger alle sår. - Time heals all wounds.
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
sår
- imperative of såre
- present of så
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
sår (neuter singular sårt, definite singular and plural såre)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
sår n (definite singular såret, indefinite plural sår, definite plural såra)
- a wound
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
sår
References edit
- “sår” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish sar, from Old Norse sár, from Proto-Germanic *sairą.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sår n
- a wound, a puncture of the skin or a mucous membrane
- Han satte ett plåster på såret
- He put a band-aid on the wound
- an ulcer
Usage notes edit
The immediate intuition is of a small wound, though sår also extends to larger and more serious wounds. Whereas you might qualify with "small wound" when describing what you would put a band-aid over in English, just "sår" sounds okay in Swedish.
Declension edit
| Declension of sår | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | sår | såret | sår | såren |
| Genitive | sårs | sårets | sårs | sårens |
Related terms edit
Verb edit
sår
- present indicative of så
References edit
- sår in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- sår in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- sår in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)