snäv

See also: snåv and sňav

Swedish

From Old Swedish snǣver, from Old Norse snæfr. Compare Danish snæver. Arguably related to snabb (“quick”).

snäv (comparative snävare, superlative snävast)

Inflection of snäv
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative²
Common singular	snäv	snävare	snävast
Neuter singular	snävt	snävare	snävast
Plural	snäva	snävare	snävast
Masculine plural³	snäve	snävare	snävast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular¹	snäve	snävare	snävaste
All	snäva	snävare	snävaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

snäv in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
snäv in Svensk ordbok (SO)
snäv in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
snäv in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
snäver in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 2:1: M-T

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