fnysa
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- fnysene
Noun
fnysa n
- definite plural of fnys
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
fnysa n
- definite plural of fnys
Swedish
Verb
fnysa (present fnyser, preterite fnös or fnyste, supine fnyst, imperative fnys)
- to snort (exhale roughly through the nose)
- Tjuren fnös ― The bull snorted
- (sometimes figuratively, of a person) to express contempt or dissatisfaction (by snorting); to scoff, to harumph
- Kritikerna fnös åt den populära buskisföreställningen
- The critics scoffed at the popular slapstick show
- Det är inget att fnysa åt
- That's nothing to scoff at (idiomatic)
- *Fnys* ― *Harumph*
Conjugation
Conjugation of fnysa (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | fnysa | fnysas | ||
| Supine | fnyst | fnysts | ||
| Imperative | fnys | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | fnysen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | fnyser | fnyste | fnyses | fnystes |
| Ind. plural1 | fnysa | fnyste | fnysas | fnystes |
| Subjunctive2 | fnyse | fnyste | fnyses | fnystes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | fnysande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms
- fnys
See also
- frusta (“to snort (usually more intense)”)
References
- fnysa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- fnysa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- fnysa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)