smar

See also: S/MAR and smár

Maltese

Root
s-m-r
10 terms

Etymology

From Arabic اِسْمَرَّ (ismarra).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /smaːr/

Verb

smar (imperfect jismar)

  1. to become suntanned

Conjugation

Conjugation of smar (Form IX)
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m smart smart smar smarna smartu smaru
f smaret
imperfect m nismar tismar jismar nismaru tismaru jismaru
f tismar
imperative smar smaru

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse smár, from Proto-Germanic *smēhaz.

Adjective

smar

  1. small; little

Declension

Descendants

  • Swedish: små

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German smër, from Old High German smero, from Proto-West Germanic *smeru, from Proto-Germanic *smerwą, from Proto-Indo-European *smérus.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈsmar/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ar
  • Syllabification: smar

Noun

smar m inan

  1. grease, lubricant (substance used to reduce friction)
    Synonym: lubrykant
  2. (Chełmno) synonym of bicie

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives
noun
  • smarowidło

Further reading

  • smar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • smar in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Kazimierz Nitsch (1907) “smar”, in “Dyalekty polskie Prus zachodnich”, in Materyały i Prace Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie (in Polish), volume 3, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 392