snær

See also: Snær

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse snær.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstnaiːr/

  Rhymes: -aiːr

Noun

snær m (genitive singular snæs or snævar, no plural)

1. snow

   Synonyms: snjór, snjár

Declension

Declension of snær (sg-only masculine)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	snær	snærinn
accusative	snæ	snæinn
dative	snæ, snævi1	snænum, snævinum1
genitive	snæs, snævar	snæsins, snævarins

¹In fixed expressions.

Derived terms

• Snæland
• snævi þakinn
• snæhlébarði (“snow leopard”)
• snæljós
• eins og snæljós

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• snjór, snjár

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *snaiwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos; cognates include the Old English snāw and the Old High German snēo.

Pronunciation

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈsnɛ̃ːr/

Noun

snær m

1. snow

Declension

Declension of snær (strong wa-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	snær	snærinn	snævar	snævarnir
accusative	snæ	snæinn	snæva	snævana
dative	snævi	snævinum	snævum	snævunum
genitive	snæs	snæsins	snæva	snævanna

Alternatively, the different forms could be spelled with an -f- instead of an -v-, leading to forms such as snæfi instead of snævi and snæfar instead of snævar.

Descendants

• Icelandic: snær, snjór, snjár
• Faroese: snjógvur
• Norn: snju, snaa
• Norwegian Nynorsk: snø, snjo; (dialectal) snjór'e, sny
• Norwegian Bokmål: snø
• Old Swedish: sniōr
  • Swedish: snö
• Old Danish: sniō, snø̄, snē
  • Danish: sne
    • Norwegian Bokmål: sne
• Elfdalian: sniųo
• Jamtish: snǿ
• Gutnish: snåi
• Scanian: sný