swar

See also: SWAR

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

From French soir (“evening”).

Noun

swar

1. evening

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /swaːr/
• Rhymes: -aːr

Noun

swar

1. plural of sur

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English swaru.

Noun

swar

1. Alternative form of sware

Etymology 2

From Old English swǣr, swār.

Noun

swar

1. Alternative form of swere

Old English

Adjective

swār

1. 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

1. heavy

Derived terms

• swārī

Descendants

• Middle High German: swær, swǣre, swār, swēre, swēr
  • Alemannic German:

    Swabian: schwär

  • Bavarian: schwar
  • German: schwer
  • Luxembourgish: schwéier
  • Vilamovian: świer
  • Yiddish: שווער (shver)

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish swar, from Proto-Slavic *svarъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsfar/
• Rhymes: -ar
• Syllabification: swar

Noun

swar m inan

1. (now usually in the plural) quarrel, argument, fight
   • 1805, Homer, “Iliady xięga 1 [Jacek Przybylski, transl.]”, in Franciszek Dmochowski, editor, Dzieła Homera‎^[1], 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^[2], 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, [and] at last there will be peace and quiet," recalled the president.

2. (archaic) noise, din, commotion
   • 1907 (written 1690-1694), Wacław z Potoka Potocki, “402. Sprawa nierozsądzona w stadle”, in Ogród Fraszek‎^[3], 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 [there is] commotion, crying, noise; then after a long argument,
     the husband says sadly:...

   • 1879 (first published 1876), Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, Stara baśń: powieść z dziewiątego wieku‎^[4], Warszawa: Gebethner i Wolff, archived from the original on 2022-11-21, page 130:

     Z cichego szmeru rodził się swar i wrzawa, i gwar taki, że jedni drugich nie słyszeli.

     From a quiet murmur arose a noise and uproar, and such a hubbub that one person couldn't hear another.

Declension

Declension of swar

	singular	plural
nominative	swar	swary
genitive	swaru	swarów
dative	swarowi	swarom
accusative	swar	swary
instrumental	swarem	swarami
locative	swarze	swarach
vocative	swarze	swary

Further reading

• swar in Polish dictionaries at PWN