svara

Verb

svara (third person singular past indicative svaraði, third person plural past indicative svarað, supine svarað)

1. to answer

See also

• tosa
• práta
• fortelja

Etymology

From Old Norse svara (“to answer”). Confer svar (“a response”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /svaːra/

  Rhymes: -aːra

Verb

svara (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative svaraði, supine svarað)

1. (intransitive) to answer, to respond, to reply ^syn.
   • Isaiah 40 (Icelandic, English)

     Heyr, einhver segir: "Kalla þú!" Og ég svara: "Hvað skal ég kalla?" "Allt hold er gras og allur yndisleikur þess sem blóm vallarins. Grasið visnar, blómin fölna, þegar Drottinn andar á þau. Sannlega, mennirnir eru gras. Grasið visnar, blómin fölna, en orð Guðs vors stendur stöðugt eilíflega."

     A voice says, "Cry out." And I answer, "What shall I cry?" "All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field. The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the LORD blows on them. Surely the people are grass. The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever."

2. (transitive, governs the dative) to answer somebody, to respond to somebody ^syn.
3. (transitive, governs the dative) to answer with something, to respond with something ^syn.
4. (ditransitive, governs the dative and the dative) to answer somebody with something, to give somebody some response, to answer somebody's question, to respond to somebody's comment ^syn.

Noun

svara

1. indefinite genitive plural of svar

Noun

svara m

1. genitive singular form of svars

Alternative forms

• svarene

Noun

svara n

1. definite plural of svar

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

From Old Norse svara.

References

• “svara” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

From Old Norse svara (“to answer”). Confer svar (“a response”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

svara (present svarar, preterite svarade, supine svarat, imperative svara)

1. to answer, to reply, to respond