spár

See also: spar, spär, and spår

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈspaːr]

Noun

spár m inan

1. claw (curved, pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird)

   Synonyms: dráp, pařát

Declension

Declension of spár (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	spár	spáry
genitive	spáru	spárů
dative	spáru	spárům
accusative	spár	spáry
vocative	spáre	spáry
locative	spáru	spárech
instrumental	spárem	spáry

Further reading

• “spár”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “spár”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “spár”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Old Norse

Etymology

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Adjective

spár

1. prophetic

Declension

    Strong declension of spár

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	spár	spá	spátt
accusative	spán	spá	spátt
dative	spám	spárri	spá
genitive	spás	spárrar	spás
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	spáir	spár	spá
accusative	spá	spár	spá
dative	spám	spám	spám
genitive	spárra	spárra	spárra

    Weak declension of spár

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	spái	spá	spá
accusative	spá	spá	spá
dative	spá	spá	spá
genitive	spá	spá	spá
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	spá	spá	spá
accusative	spá	spá	spá
dative	spám	spám	spám
genitive	spá	spá	spá

Verb

spár

1. second-person singular present indicative active of spá
2. third-person singular present indicative active of spá

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “spár”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 398; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

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