sår

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "sar"

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɔːˀr/,
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  • Rhymes: -ɒː

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sár, from Proto-Germanic *sairą, cognate with English sore, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍂 (sair). Derived from the following adjective.

Noun

sår n (singular definite såret, plural indefinite sår)

  1. wound
Declension
Declension of sår
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sår såret sår sårene
genitive sårs sårets sårs sårenes
Derived terms
References

Etymology 2

From Old Norse sárr, from Proto-Germanic *sairaz, cognate with English sore, German sehr (“very”), Dutch zeer.

Adjective

sår (neuter sårt, plural and definite singular attributive såre)

  1. sore, worried, distressed
    • 1888, Niels Møller, Efteraar‎, page 100:
      en kvinde dem følger i såreste nød / med tårer i øjet og hjærtet i lue.
      A woman who follows them in her most painful need with tears in her eyes and with her heart on fire.
    • 1894, Henrik Pontoppidan, Den gamle Adam‎:
      Jeg forstod, at jeg med mine Spørgsmaal havde nærmet mig hendes Sjæls saare Punkt.
      I understood that with my questions, I have approached the sore spot of her soul.
Inflection
Inflection of sår
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular sår sårere sårest2
Indefinite neuter singular sårt sårere sårest2
Plural såre sårere sårest2
Definite attributive1 såre sårere såreste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.
Derived terms
  • såre (“very”, adverb)
References

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sår

  1. present tense of så

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sår

  1. imperative of såre

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sárr.

Adjective

sår (neuter singular sårt, definite singular and plural såre)

  1. sore
    en sår hals - a sore throat
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse sár.

Noun

sår n (definite singular såret, indefinite plural sår, definite plural såra or sårene)

  1. a wound
    Tiden leger alle sår. - Time heals all wounds.
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Verb

sår

  1. imperative of såre
  2. present of så

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sárr.

Adjective

sår (neuter singular sårt, definite singular and plural såre)

  1. sore

Etymology 2

From Old Norse sár.

Noun

sår n (definite singular såret, indefinite plural sår, definite plural såra)

  1. a wound
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Verb

sår

  1. present of så

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish sar, from Old Norse sár, from Proto-Germanic *sairą.

Pronunciation

Noun

sår n

  1. a wound, a puncture of the skin or a mucous membrane
    Han satte ett plåster på såret
    He put a band-aid on the wound
  2. an ulcer

Usage notes

The immediate intuition is of a small wound, though sår also extends to larger and more serious wounds. Whereas you might qualify with "small wound" when describing what you would put a band-aid over in English, just "sår" sounds okay in Swedish.

Declension

Declension of sår 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sår såret sår såren
Genitive sårs sårets sårs sårens

Related terms

Verb

sår

  1. present indicative of så

References

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