fnysa

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

fnysa n

  1. definite plural of fnys

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

fnysa n

  1. definite plural of fnys

Swedish

Verb

fnysa (present fnyser, preterite fnös or fnyste, supine fnyst, imperative fnys)

  1. to snort (exhale roughly through the nose)
    Tjuren fnös
    The bull snorted
  2. (sometimes figuratively, of a person) to express contempt or dissatisfaction (by snorting); to scoff, to harumph
    Kritikerna fnös åt den populära buskisföreställningen
    The critics scoffed at the popular slapstick show
    Det är inget att fnysa åt
    That's nothing to scoff at (idiomatic)
    *Fnys* ― *Harumph*

Conjugation

Conjugation of fnysa (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive fnysa fnysas
Supine fnyst fnysts
Imperative fnys —
Imper. plural1 fnysen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative fnyser fnyste fnyses fnystes
Ind. plural1 fnysa fnyste fnysas fnystes
Subjunctive2 fnyse fnyste fnyses fnystes
Participles
Present participle fnysande
Past participle —
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

  • frusta (“to snort (usually more intense)”)

References

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