schaars

See also: Schaars

Dutch

Alternative forms

• schaers (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch schaers. From Old Northern French scars, escars ("sparing, niggard, parsimonious, miserly, poor"; > French échars, Medieval Latin scarsus (“diminished, reduced”)), of uncertain origin. One theory is that it derives originally from a Late Latin *scarpsus, *excarpsus, a participle form of *excarpere (“take out”), from Latin ex- + carpere; yet the sense evolution is difficult to trace. Compare also Middle Dutch schaers (“a pair of shears, plowshare”), scheeren (“to shear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sxaːrs/

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• Rhymes: -aːrs

Adjective

schaars (comparative schaarser, superlative meest schaars or schaarst)

1. scarce

Inflection

Inflection of schaars
uninflected	schaars
inflected	schaarse
comparative	schaarser
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		schaars	schaarser	het schaarst het schaarste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	schaarse	schaarsere	schaarste
	n. sing.	schaars	schaarser	schaarste
	plural	schaarse	schaarsere	schaarste
definite		schaarse	schaarsere	schaarste
partitive		schaars	schaarsers	—

Derived terms

• schaarste

Descendants

• Negerhollands: skaars
• → Papiamentu: skars, skaars