snjór

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse snjór, snjár, snær.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /stnjouːr/
  • Rhymes: -ouːr

Noun

snjór m (genitive singular snjós or snjóvar or snjóar, nominative plural snjóar or snjóvar)

  1. snow
    Snjórinn leysir. ― The snow is thawing.

Declension
declension of snjór
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative snjór snjórinn snjóar snjóarnir
accusative snjó snjóinn snjóa snjóana
dative snjó snjónum snjóum snjóunum
genitive snjós / snjóar snjósins / snjóarins snjóa snjóanna

or:

declension of snjór
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative snjór snjórinn snjóvar snjóvarnir
accusative snjó snjóinn snjóva snjóvana
dative snjó snjónum snjóvum snjóvunum
genitive snjóvar snjóvarins snjóva snjóvanna

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See also

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

snjór m (genitive snjós)

  1. snow

Declension
  Declension of snjór (strong wa-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative snjór snjórinn snjóvar snjóvarnir
accusative snjó snjóinn snjóva snjóvana
dative snjóvi snjóvinum snjóvum snjóvunum
genitive snjóvar snjóvar snjóva snjóvanna
Note -ar in the genitive singular.

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

References
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