snarka
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Icelandic
Pronunciation
Verb
snarka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative snarkaði, supine snarkað)
- (impersonal, of a fire) to crackle
Conjugation
| infinitive nafnháttur | að snarka | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine sagnbót | snarkað | |||||
| present participle |
snarkandi | |||||
| indicative |
subjunctive | |||||
| present |
past |
present |
past | |||
| singular | ég | snarka | snarkaði | snarki | snarkaði | |
| þú | snarkar | snarkaðir | snarkir | snarkaðir | ||
| hann, hún, það | snarkar | snarkaði | snarki | snarkaði | ||
| plural | við | snörkum | snörkuðum | snörkum | snörkuðum | |
| þið | snarkið | snörkuðuð | snarkið | snörkuðuð | ||
| þeir, þær, þau | snarka | snörkuðu | snarki | snörkuðu | ||
| imperative boðháttur | ||||||
| singular | þú | snarka (þú), snarkaðu | ||||
| plural | þið | snarkið (þið), snarkiði1 | ||||
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
Related terms
- snark (“crackle”)
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German snorken, snarken, from Old Saxon *snarkōn, from Proto-West Germanic *snarkōn.
Verb
snarka (present snarkar, preterite snarkade, supine snarkat, imperative snarka)
- to snore; to make noises while asleep
- 1996, Drängarna , “Kung över ängarna the Meadows]”, in Fint vettö :
- Jag lägger mig i gräset ner. Ligger still och bara ler. Slumrar till och snarkar tyst. Drömmer om en kvinnas byst. Då ser jag nån som emot mig går, liderlig med utsläppt hår. Hon är vacker som en dag. I samma stund så vaknar jag. Svär ett tag men tänker sen: Hon kommer nog till mig inatt igen. Ännu lyser solen stark i skog och mark.
- I lie down in the grass . lie still and just grin . doze off and snore quietly. dream of a woman's bosom. Then I see someone walking towards me , lustful with her hair let down . She is pretty as a picture . At that moment I wake up. swear for a bit but then think: She will probably come to me tonight again . The sun still shines bright in woods and fields . s. See the usage notes for -r.]
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | snarka | snarkas | ||
| supine | snarkat | snarkats | ||
| imperative | snarka | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | snarken | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | snarkar | snarkade | snarkas | snarkades |
| ind. plural1 | snarka | snarkade | snarkas | snarkades |
| subjunctive2 | snarke | snarkade | snarkes | snarkades |
| present participle | snarkande | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- snarka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- snarka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- snarka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- snarka in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- ^ “snorke” in Den Danske Ordbog