smá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sma"

Icelandic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *smēhijaną (“to belittle, to despise”). Compare German schmähen (“to mock, to revile”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /smauː/
  • Rhymes: -auː

Verb

smá (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative smáði, supine smáð)

  1. to disdain, to treat with contempt [with accusative]
    Synonyms: lítilsvirða, óvirða

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

  • smán (“disgrace, dishonour”)
  • smána (“to disgrace, to dishonour”)

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *smēhijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *smēyg- (“small, thin, delicate”). See also German schmähen (“to mock”), Proto-Germanic *smikraz (“fine, fair”).[1]

Verb

smá

  1. to scorn, slight, revile
Conjugation
Conjugation of smá — active (weak class 2)
infinitive smá
present participle smáandi
past participle smáðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular smá smáða smá smáða
2nd person singular smár smáðir smáir smáðir
3rd person singular smár smáði smái smáði
1st person plural smám smáðum smáim smáðim
2nd person plural smáið smáðuð smáið smáðið
3rd person plural smá smáðu smái smáði
imperative present
2nd person singular smá
1st person plural smám
2nd person plural smáið
Conjugation of smá — mediopassive (weak class 2)
infinitive smásk
present participle smándisk
past participle smázk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular smámk smáðumk smámk smáðumk
2nd person singular smásk smáðisk smáisk smáðisk
3rd person singular smásk smáðisk smáisk smáðisk
1st person plural smámsk smáðumsk smáimsk smáðimsk
2nd person plural smáizk smáðuzk smáizk smáðizk
3rd person plural smásk smáðusk smáisk smáðisk
imperative present
2nd person singular smásk
1st person plural smámsk
2nd person plural smáizk
Derived terms
  • smán (“shame, disgrace”)
Descendants
  • Icelandic: smá

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “2807”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2807

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “smá”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 390; also available at the Internet Archive

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

smá

  1. strong feminine nominative singular of smár
  2. strong neuter dative singular of smár
  3. strong masculine accusative plural of smár
  4. weak masculine oblique singular of smár
  5. weak feminine all cases singular of smár
  6. weak neuter all cases singular of smár
  7. weak all genders nominative/accusative/genitive plural of smár
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