snúa
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See also: snua
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse snúa, from Proto-Germanic *snōwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sneh₁- (“to wind; twist; braid; plait”).
Verb
snúa (ri-verb, third-person singular past indicative sneri or snéri, supine snúið)
- to turn
- Synonym: venda
- to face
- Synonym: vísa
- Hvor hliðin snýr niður?
- Which side faces downwards?
- (informal) to translate, to render
- to change someone's mind, to convert someone
- Synonym: telja hughvarf
- to make someone run errands
- Synonym: láta þjóna sér
- to twine, to twist
- Synonym: flétta
Usage notes
- One of the four ri-verbs in Icelandic, the other being núa (“to rub, massage; to wipe”), gróa (“to grow; to heal”) and róa (“to row”).
- As with the other ri-verbs, the past tense sneri (“I turned”) was originally pronounced with an e sound but is today pronounced with a é sound. There are therefore two spelling variants used: sneri and snéri. The Icelandic Ministry of Education considers both variants to be equally correct,[1] but many speakers consider the original sneri spelling to be the more correct one.
Derived terms
- snúa að
- snúa aftur
- snúa aftur með
- snúa á
- snúa á sitt mál
- snúa fram
- snúa frá
- snúa sér að
- snúa sér í hring
- snúa sér til
- snúa sér undan
- snúa sig út úr
- snúa sig (“to twist an ankle or joint”)
- snúa til kristni
- snúa upp
- snúa upp á
- snúa upp á sig
- snúa upp í grín
- snúa úr hálsliðnum
- snúa út úr (“to deliberately misinterpret”)
- snúa við
- snúa öfugt
- snúast
- snúast á sveif með
- snúast fyrir
- snúast gegn
- snúast í
- snúast í lið með
- snúast upp í
- snúast við
- snúinn
References
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *snōwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sneh₁- (“to wind; twist; braid; plait”).
Verb
snúa
Conjugation
Conjugation of snúa — active (strong class 7, weak inflection in past tense)
| infinitive | snúa | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | snúandi | |
| past participle | snúinn | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | sný | snera, snøra |
| 2nd-person singular | snýr | snerir, snørir |
| 3rd-person singular | snýr | sneri, snøri |
| 1st-person plural | snúm | snerum, snørum |
| 2nd-person plural | snúið | sneruð, snøruð |
| 3rd-person plural | snúa | sneru, snøru |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | snúa | snera, snøra |
| 2nd-person singular | snúir | snerir, snørir |
| 3rd-person singular | snúi | sneri, snøri |
| 1st-person plural | snúim | snerim, snørim |
| 2nd-person plural | snúið | snerið, snørið |
| 3rd-person plural | snúi | sneri, snøri |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | snú | |
| 1st-person plural | snúm | |
| 2nd-person plural | snúið | |
Conjugation of snúa — mediopassive (strong class 7, weak inflection in past tense)
| infinitive | snúask | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | snúandisk | |
| past participle | snúizk | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | snúmk | snerumk, snørumk |
| 2nd-person singular | snýsk | snerisk, snørisk |
| 3rd-person singular | snýsk | snerisk, snørisk |
| 1st-person plural | snúmsk | snerumsk, snørumsk |
| 2nd-person plural | snúizk | sneruzk, snøruzk |
| 3rd-person plural | snúask | snerusk, snørusk |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | snúmk | snerumk, snørumk |
| 2nd-person singular | snúisk | snerisk, snørisk |
| 3rd-person singular | snúisk | snerisk, snørisk |
| 1st-person plural | snúimsk | snerimsk, snørimsk |
| 2nd-person plural | snúizk | snerizk, snørizk |
| 3rd-person plural | snúisk | snerisk, snørisk |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | snúsk | |
| 1st-person plural | snúmsk | |
| 2nd-person plural | snúizk | |