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)

(obsolete) To snarl.
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Derived terms

snarl (2)

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

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

Icelandic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /stnaːr/
Rhymes: -aːr

Adjective

snar (comparative snarari, superlative snarastur)

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)

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)

quick, swift

References

“snar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Low German snoor.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

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.

Related terms

snarlik
snarstucken
snartänkt