snjór
Icelandic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse snjór, snjár, snær.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsnjór m (genitive singular snjós or snjóvar or snjóar, nominative plural snjóar or snjóvar)
- snow
- Snjórinn leysir. ― The snow is thawing.
Declension
editDeclension of snjór | ||||
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m-s1 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | snjór | snjórinn | snjóar | snjóarnir |
accusative | snjó | snjóinn | snjóa | snjóana |
dative | snjó | snjónum | snjóum | snjóunum |
genitive | snjós / snjóar | snjósins / snjóarins | snjóa | snjóanna |
or:
Declension of snjór | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
m-s1 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | snjór | snjórinn | snjóvar | snjóvarnir |
accusative | snjó | snjóinn | snjóva | snjóvana |
dative | snjó | snjónum | snjóvum | snjóvunum |
genitive | snjóvar | snjóvarins | snjóva | snjóvanna |
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editSee also
edit- hjarn (crust of snow)
Old Norse
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *snaiwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos; cognates include the Old English snāw and the Old High German snēo.
Noun
editsnjór m (genitive snjóvar)
Declension
edit Declension of snjór (strong wa-stem)
Descendants
edit- Icelandic: snjór, snjár, snær
- Faroese: snjógvur
- Norn: snju, snaa
- Norwegian Nynorsk: snjo, snø; (dialectal) snjór'e, sny
- Norwegian Bokmål: snø
- Jamtish: snǿ
- Elfdalian: sniųo
- Old Swedish: sniōr
- Swedish: snö
- Old Danish: sniō, snø̄, snē
- Gutnish: snåi
References
edit- snjór in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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