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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse svíða.
Verb
svi (imperative svi, present tense svir, passive svis, simple past sved or svei or svidde, past participle svidd, present participle sviende)
- to burn, scorch, singe
- to hurt, smart, sting
References
- “svi” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “svi” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse svíða.
Verb
svi (present tense svir, simple past svei, past participle svidd or svidt or svide, passive infinitive svidast, present participle svidande, imperative svi)
- to burn, scorch, singe
- to hurt, smart, sting
References
- “svi” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From nominative plural masculine of sav.
Pronoun
svi (Cyrillic spelling сви)
- everyone
- svi su razočarani ― everyone is disappointed (literally: all are disappointed)
References
- “svi”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024