snar
See also: snář
English edit
Etymology edit
Akin to Low German and Old Dutch snarren, German schnarren.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
snar (third-person singular simple present snars, present participle snarring, simple past and past participle snarred)
- (obsolete) To snarl.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- And some of Tygres, that did seeme to gren
And snar at all that ever passed by
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “snar”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
snar (comparative snarari, superlative snarastur)
Inflection edit
positive (strong declension)
positive (weak declension)
comparative
| 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 |
superlative (strong declension)
| 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 |
superlative (weak declension)
| 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 edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
snar (neuter singular snart, definite singular and plural snare, comparative snarere, indefinite superlative snarest, definite superlative snareste)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “snar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
snar (neuter singular snart, definite singular and plural snare, comparative snarare, indefinite superlative snarast, definite superlative snaraste)
References edit
- “snar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Low German snoor.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Adjective edit
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
- quick (to act or react)
- vara snar att döma
- be quick to judge
Declension edit
| 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 | |||