snúa
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse snúa, from Proto-Germanic *snōwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sneh₁(i)- (“to wind; twist; braid; plait”).
Verb
snúa (ri-verb, third-person singular past indicative sneri or snéri, supine snúið)
- (with dative) to turn syn.
- (with dative) to face syn.
- Hvor hliðin snýr niður?
- Which side faces downwards?
- (with dative, informal) to translate, to render syn.
- (with dative) to change somebody's mind, to convert somebody syn.
- (with dative) to make someone run errands syn.
- (with accusative) to twine, to twist syn.
Usage notes
- One of the four ri-verbs in Icelandic, the other being núa (“to rub, massage; to wipe”), gróa (“to grow; to heal”) and róa (“to row”).
- Even though some forms that include the letter e are pronounced as having an é, the e-spelling is thought to be correct by the Icelandic ministry of education. The preferred spelling of the first person singular past tense indicative form of the word snúa would thus be sneri (“I turned”) instead of snéri (“I turned”), although both forms are used.
Synonyms
- (turn def.): venda
- (face def.): vísa
- (translate def.): þýða, snara, útleggja
- (change somebody's mind def.): telja hughvarf
- (make someone run errands def.): láta þjóna sér
- (twist def.): flétta
Derived terms
Derived terms
- snúa á
- snúa aftur
- snúa aftur með
- snúa á sitt mál
- snúa að
- snúa frá
- snúa fram
- snúa öfugt
- snúa sér að
- snúa sér í hring
- snúa sér til
- snúa sér undan
- snúa sig (to twist one's ankle or elbow)
- snúa sig út úr
- snúast
- snúast á sveif með
- snúast fyrir
- snúast gegn
- snúast í
- snúast í lið með
- snúast upp í
- snúast við
- snúa til kristni
- snúa upp
- snúa upp á
- snúa upp á sig
- snúa upp í grín
- snúa úr hálsliðnum
- snúa út úr
- snúa út úr fyrir
- snúa við
- snúinn
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *snōwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sneh₁(i)- (“to wind; twist; braid; plait”).
Verb
snúa
- to turn (around), twist
Conjugation
Conjugation of snúa — active (strong class 7, weak inflection in past tense)
| infinitive | snúa | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | snúandi | |
| past participle | snúinn | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | sný | snera, snøra |
| 2nd-person singular | snýr | snerir, snørir |
| 3rd-person singular | snýr | sneri, snøri |
| 1st-person plural | snúm | snerum, snørum |
| 2nd-person plural | snúið | sneruð, snøruð |
| 3rd-person plural | snúa | sneru, snøru |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | snúa | snera, snøra |
| 2nd-person singular | snúir | snerir, snørir |
| 3rd-person singular | snúir | sneri, snøri |
| 1st-person plural | snúim | snerim, snørim |
| 2nd-person plural | snúið | snerið, snørið |
| 3rd-person plural | snúi | sneri, snøri |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | snú | |
| 1st-person plural | snúm | |
| 2nd-person plural | snúið | |
Conjugation of snúa — mediopassive (strong class 7, weak inflection in past tense)
| infinitive | snúask | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | snúandisk | |
| past participle | snúizk | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | snúmk | snerumk, snørumk |
| 2nd-person singular | snýsk | snerisk, snørisk |
| 3rd-person singular | snýsk | snerisk, snørisk |
| 1st-person plural | snúmsk | snerumsk, snørumsk |
| 2nd-person plural | snúizk | sneruzk, snøruzk |
| 3rd-person plural | snúask | snerusk, snørusk |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | snúmk | snerumk, snørumk |
| 2nd-person singular | snúisk | snerisk, snørisk |
| 3rd-person singular | snúisk | snerisk, snørisk |
| 1st-person plural | snúimsk | snerimsk, snørimsk |
| 2nd-person plural | snúizk | snerizk, snørizk |
| 3rd-person plural | snúisk | snerisk, snørisk |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | snúsk | |
| 1st-person plural | snúmsk | |
| 2nd-person plural | snúizk | |
Descendants
- Icelandic: snúa
- Faroese: snurra
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: snu
- Nynorsk: snu
- Swedish: snurra
- Danish: snurre