svara

Icelandic

/svaːra/

verb-weak
Definitions
  • (intransitive) to answer, to respond, to reply
  • (transitive) to answer somebody, to respond to somebody
  • (transitive) to answer with something, to respond with something
  • (ditransitive) to answer somebody with something, to give somebody some response, to answer somebody's question, to respond to somebody's comment

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse svara (answer, sound).

Origin

Old Norse

svara

Gloss

answer, sound

Concept
Semantic Field

Speech and language

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms