different between skar vs snar

English

Alternative forms

• skare

Etymology

From the root of scare.

Adjective

skar (comparative more skar, superlative most skar)

1. (Britain, Scotland, dialect) wild; timid; shy

Anagrams

• AKRs, Kars, Sark, arks, kars, ksar, sark

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?s????]

Verb

skar

1. past tense of skære

Latvian

Verb

skar

1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of skart
2. 3rd person singular present indicative form of skart
3. 3rd person plural present indicative form of skart
4. 2nd person singular imperative form of skart
5. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of skart
6. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of skart

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

skar

1. simple past of skjære

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

skar

1. past tense of skjera and skjere

Etymology 2

From Old Norse skarð, from Proto-Germanic *skard?. Cognates include English shard.

Alternative forms

• skard (alternative spelling)

Noun

skar n (definite singular skaret, indefinite plural skar, definite plural skara)

1. a mountain pass; a navigable ravine

   Synonyms: fjellovergang, pass

2. a shard
3. a notch, chink, gap

Etymology 3

From Old Norse skarsl. Related to skjera (“to cut”).

Noun

skar n (definite singular skaret, indefinite plural skar, definite plural skara)

1. snuff of a candle (the burnt part of a wick)

   Synonym: snart

Etymology 4

From Old Norse sk?r f, from Proto-Germanic *skar?. Related to skjera (“to cut”). Cognates include English share.

Noun

skar n (definite singular skaret, indefinite plural skar, definite plural skara)

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Etymology 5

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

skar

1. present tense of ska

References

• “skar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• kras, raks, rask

Old Norse

Verb

skar

1. first/third-person singular past indicative active of skera

Swedish

Verb

skar

1. past tense of skära.

Anagrams

• Rask, arks, kars, rask

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sn??(?)/

Verb

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

1. (obsolete) To snarl.

Derived terms

• snarl

Anagrams

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

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse snarr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stna?r/

  Rhymes: -a?r

Adjective

snar (comparative snarari, superlative snarastur)

1. quick

Inflection

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

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

Related terms

• snarlik
• snarstucken
• snartänkt