snar

See also: snář

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /snɑː(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

Verb

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

1. (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

• snarl

References

• “snar”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Arns, Nasr, RNAS, RNAs, sRNA, sarn, srna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse snarr.

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

• snarvei

References

• “snar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

• “snar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Low German snoor.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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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

2. quick (to act or react)

   vara snar att döma

   be quick to judge

Declension

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

Related terms

• snarlik
• snarstucken
• snartänkt

References

• snar in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• snar in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• snar in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)