sorna
English
Noun
sorna (plural sornas)
- Alternative form of zurna.
Anagrams
Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Nominalization of the feminine of sorn (“dawdling”).
Noun
sorna f (plural sornes)
- sarcasm
- 2020 October 10, Àngels Piñol, “Un ‘blues’ per a l’històric carrer Ferran”, in El País[1]:
- “La majoria dels clients són nacionals i repeteixen. Suposo que és el que passava abans i el que ha portat la nova normalitat”, diu amb una mica de sorna.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Adjective
sorna
- feminine singular of sorn
Further reading
- “sorna”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “sorna”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “sorna” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “sorna” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsoɾna/ [ˈsoɾ.na]
- Rhymes: -oɾna
- Syllabification: sor‧na
Etymology 1
Unknown; cognate with Portuguese sorna, Catalan sorna.
Noun
sorna f (plural sornas)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
sorna
- inflection of sornar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “sorna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
Swedish
Noun
sorna
- definite plural of so
Anagrams
Upper Sorbian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sьrnà, *sь̀rna.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɔʀna/
- Rhymes: -ɔʀna
- Hyphenation: sor‧na
- Syllabification: sor‧na
Noun
sorna f
Declension
Declension of sorna (feminine hard stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sorna | sornje | sorny |
| genitive | sorny | sornow | sornow |
| dative | sornje | sornomaj | sornam |
| accusative | sornu | sornje | sorny |
| instrumental | sornu | sornomaj | sornami |
| locative | sornje | sornomaj | sornach |
| vocative | sorna | sornje | sorny |
References
- “sorna” in Soblex