свара

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svãrъ, from the Proto-Indo-European root *swer- (“to resound, enunciate, pronounce; to swear”). Cognate with Old Norse swara (“answer”), English answer, swear.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsvarə]

Noun

сва́ра • (svára) f inan (genitive сва́ры, nominative plural сва́ры, genitive plural свар)

  1. (colloquial) quarrel, squabble

Declension

Declension of сва́ра (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative сва́ра
svára 		сва́ры
sváry
genitive сва́ры
sváry 		сва́р
svár
dative сва́ре
sváre 		сва́рам
sváram
accusative сва́ру
sváru 		сва́ры
sváry
instrumental сва́рой, сва́рою
svároj, svároju 		сва́рами
svárami
prepositional сва́ре
sváre 		сва́рах
svárax

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “свара”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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