swar
See also: SWAR
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *swār, from Proto-Germanic *swēraz, whence also Old English swær, Old Norse svárr.
Derived terms
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish swar, from Proto-Slavic *svarъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sfar/
- 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.
- In all of which Jupiter's will was being fulfilled,
- 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, [and] 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 [there is] commotion, crying, noise; then after a long argument,
the husband says sadly:...
- Then [there is] commotion, crying, noise; then after a long argument,
- 1879 (first published 1876), Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, Stara baśń: powieść z dziewiątego wieku, 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
Further reading
- swar in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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