свара

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svãrъ, from the Proto-Indo-European root *swer- (“to resound, enunciate, pronounce; to swear”). Cognate with Old Norse swara (“answer”), English answer, swear.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈsvarə]

Noun

сва́ра • (svára) f inan (genitive сва́ры, nominative plural сва́ры, genitive plural свар)

  1. (colloquial) quarrel, squabble

Declension
Declension of сва́ра (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative сва́ра
svára		 сва́ры
sváry
genitive сва́ры
sváry		 сва́р
svár
dative сва́ре
sváre		 сва́рам
sváram
accusative сва́ру
sváru		 сва́ры
sváry
instrumental сва́рой, сва́рою
svároj, svároju		 сва́рами
svárami
prepositional сва́ре
sváre		 сва́рах
svárax

Derived terms

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “свара”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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