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Louisiana Creole
Etymology
From French soir (“evening”).
Noun
swar
- evening
Maltese
Pronunciation
Noun
swar
- plural of sur
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English swaru.
Noun
swar
- Alternative form of sware
Etymology 2
From Old English swǣr, swār.
Noun
swar
- Alternative form of swere
Old English
Adjective
swār
- Alternative form of swǣr
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *swār, from Proto-Germanic *swēraz, whence also Old English swær, Old Norse svárr.
Adjective
swār
- heavy
Derived terms
Descendants
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish swar, from Proto-Slavic *svarъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsfar/
- Rhymes: -ar
- Syllabification: swar
Noun
swar m inan
- (now usually in the plural) quarrel, argument, fight
1805, Homer, “Iliady xięga 1 [Jacek Przybylski, transl.]”, in Franciszek Dmochowski, editor, Dzieła Homera, volume 3, Warszawa: Drukarnia Xięży Pïarów, archived from the original on 2022-11-21, page 236 (listed as 246 by the website):(W czém się wszystkiém Jowisza wola wypełniała)
Odkąd zostali swarem poróżnieni dzikim
Atreyczyk wódz narodów z boskim Peleyczykiem.- In all of which Jupiter's will was being fulfilled,
since they were separated by a wild quarrel,
the son of Atreus, leader of nations, from the divine son of Peleus.
2018 March 14, “Duda: UE jest najważniejsza? A pamiętacie zabory”, in Rzeczpospolita, archived from the original on 2022-05-22:- ... Jak Polska wtedy pod koniec XVIII wieku swą niepodległość straciła i zniknęła z mapy też byli tacy, którzy mówili: a może to lepiej, swary się wszystkie skończą, te rokosze, te insurekcje, te wojny, te awantury, te konfederacje, wreszcie będzie święty spokój - wspomniał prezydent.- "...When Poland then, near the end of the 18th century, lost its independence and vanished from the map, there were also those who said: but maybe this is better, all the quarrels will end, these rebellions, these insurrections, these wars, these fights, these confederations, at last there will be peace and quiet," recalled the president.
- (archaic) noise, din, commotion
1907 (written 1690-1694), Wacław z Potoka Potocki, “402. Sprawa nierozsądzona w stadle”, in Ogród Fraszek, Lwów: Towarzystwo dla Popierania Nauki Polskiej, archived from the original on 2022-11-21, page 189:Toż swar, płacz, hałas; tedy po sprzeczaniu długim,
Rzecze mąż przysmętniejszym:...- Then commotion, crying, noise; then after a long argument,
the husband says sadly:...
Declension
Further reading
- swar in Polish dictionaries at PWN