swar

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Louisiana Creole

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Etymology

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From French soir (evening).

Noun

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swar

  1. evening

Maltese

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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swar

  1. plural of sur

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From Old English swaru.

Noun

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swar

  1. Alternative form of sware

Etymology 2

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From Old English swǣr, swār.

Noun

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swar

  1. Alternative form of swere

Old English

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Adjective

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swār

  1. Alternative form of swǣr

Old High German

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *swār, from Proto-Germanic *swēraz, whence also Old English swær, Old Norse svárr.

Adjective

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swār

  1. heavy

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Polish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Polish swar, from Proto-Slavic *svarъ.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsfar/
  • Rhymes: -ar
  • Syllabification: swar

Noun

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swar m inan

  1. (now usually in the plural) quarrel, argument, fight
    • 1805, Homer, “Iliady xięga 1 [Jacek Przybylski, transl.]”, in Franciszek Dmochowski, editor, Dzieła Homera[1], volume 3, Warszawa: Drukarnia Xięży Pïarów, archived from the original on 2022-11-21, page 236 (listed as 246 by the website):
      (W czém się wszystkiém Jowisza wola wypełniała)
      Odkąd zostali swarem poróżnieni dzikim
      Atreyczyk wódz narodów z boskim Peleyczykiem.
      In all of which Jupiter's will was being fulfilled,
      since they were separated by a wild quarrel,
      the son of Atreus, leader of nations, from the divine son of Peleus.
    • 2018 March 14, “Duda: UE jest najważniejsza? A pamiętacie zabory”, in Rzeczpospolita[2], archived from the original on 2022-05-22:
      - ... Jak Polska wtedy pod koniec XVIII wieku swą niepodległość straciła i zniknęła z mapy też byli tacy, którzy mówili: a może to lepiej, swary się wszystkie skończą, te rokosze, te insurekcje, te wojny, te awantury, te konfederacje, wreszcie będzie święty spokój - wspomniał prezydent.
      "...When Poland then, near the end of the 18th century, lost its independence and vanished from the map, there were also those who said: but maybe this is better, all the quarrels will end, these rebellions, these insurrections, these wars, these fights, these confederations, [and] at last there will be peace and quiet," recalled the president.
  2. (archaic) noise, din, commotion
    • 1907 (written 1690-1694), Wacław z Potoka Potocki, “402. Sprawa nierozsądzona w stadle”, in Ogród Fraszek[3], Lwów: Towarzystwo dla Popierania Nauki Polskiej, archived from the original on 2022-11-21, page 189:
      Toż swar, płacz, hałas; tedy po sprzeczaniu długim,
      Rzecze mąż przysmętniejszym:...
      Then [there is] commotion, crying, noise; then after a long argument,
      the husband says sadly:...
    • 1879 (first published 1876), Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, Stara baśń: powieść z dziewiątego wieku[4], Warszawa: Gebethner i Wolff, archived from the original on 2022-11-21, page 130:
      Z cichego szmeru rodził się swar i wrzawa, i gwar taki, że jedni drugich nie słyszeli.
      From a quiet murmur arose a noise and uproar, and such a hubbub that one person couldn't hear another.

Declension

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Further reading

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  • swar in Polish dictionaries at PWN