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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
Noun
сва́ра • (svára) f inan (genitive сва́ры, nominative plural сва́ры, genitive plural свар)
- (colloquial) quarrel, squabble
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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