snar

See also: snář and snɑr

English

Etymology

Akin to Low German and Old Dutch snarren, German schnarren.

Verb

snar (third-person singular simple present snars, present participle snarring, simple past and past participle snarred)

  1. (obsolete) To snarl.
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Derived terms

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for snar in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /stnaːr/
    Rhymes: -aːr

Adjective

snar (comparative snarari, superlative snarastur)

  1. quick

Inflection
    positive (strong declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative snar snör snart
accusative snaran snara snart
dative snörum snarri snöru
genitive snars snarrar snars
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative snarir snarar snör
accusative snara snarar snör
dative snörum snörum snörum
genitive snarra snarra snarra
    positive (weak declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative snari snara snara
accusative snara snöru snara
dative snara snöru snara
genitive snara snöru snara
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative snöru snöru snöru
accusative snöru snöru snöru
dative snöru snöru snöru
genitive snöru snöru snöru
    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

Etymology

From Old Norse snarr

Adjective

snar (neuter singular snart, definite singular and plural snare, comparative snarere, indefinite superlative snarest, definite superlative snareste)

  1. quick, swift

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse snarr

Adjective

snar (neuter singular snart, definite singular and plural snare, comparative snarare, indefinite superlative snarast, definite superlative snaraste)

  1. quick, swift

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Low German snoor.

Pronunciation
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Adjective

snar (comparative snarare, superlative snarast)

  1. 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

Declension
Inflection of snar
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular snar snarare snarast
Neuter singular snart snarare snarast
Plural snara 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.
  • snarlik
  • snarstucken
  • snartänkt
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