# svara
## English
### Etymology

From Sanskrit स्वर (svara).

### Noun

svara (plural svaras)
* (music) A concept in Indian music, comparable to a note or tone.

#### Alternative forms

* swara

## Faroese
### Verb

svara (third person singular past indicative svaraði, third person plural past indicative svarað, supine svarað)
* to answer

#### Conjugation

$^1$Only the past participle being declined.

#### Related terms

* spyrja

### See also

* tosa
* práta
* fortelja

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /svaːra/
    Rhymes: -aːra

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse svara (“to answer”), from Proto-Germanic *swarōną.

#### Verb

svara (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative svaraði, supine svarað)
* to answer, to respond, to reply [with dative ‘to someone’, along with accusative ‘something’ or dative ‘with something’]
    Synonym: ansa
** Isaiah 40 (Icelandic, English)
    Heyr, einhver segir: "Kalla þú!" Og ég svara: "Hvað skal ég kalla?" "Allt hold er gras og allur yndisleikur þess sem blóm vallarins. Grasið visnar, blómin fölna, þegar Drottinn andar á þau. Sannlega, mennirnir eru gras. Grasið visnar, blómin fölna, en orð Guðs vors stendur stöðugt eilíflega."A voice says, "Cry out." And I answer, "What shall I cry?" "All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field. The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the LORD blows on them. Surely the people are grass. The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever."

##### Derived terms

* svara fyrir eitthvað (“to be responsible for something”)
* svara fyrir sig (“defend oneself”)
* svara í sömu mynt
* svara til einhvers (“to correspond to something”)
* svara um hæl

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

svara
* indefinite genitive plural of svar

## Latvian
### Noun

svara m
* genitive singular of svars

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* svarene

### Noun

svara n
* definite plural of svar

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsvɑːrɑ/

#### Noun

svara n
* definite plural of svar

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse svara.

#### Alternative forms

* svare

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²svɑːrɑ/

#### Verb

svara (present tense svarar or svarer, past tense svara or svarte, past participle svara or svart, present participle svarande, imperative svar)
* to answer

### References

* “svara” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse svara (“to answer”), from Proto-Germanic *swarōną, cognate to English answer. Compare svar (“a response”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsvɑːˌra/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

svara (present svarar, preterite svarade, supine svarat, imperative svara)
* to answer, to reply, to respond

#### Usage notes

* The past participle form is very rare.
* The difference to the word besvara lies in that svara concerns answers or responses to people, while besvara (or in some cases svara + certain particles) concerns answers or responses to questions, telephone calls and so on:
    Att besvara en fråga. (= Att svara på en fråga.)
       To answer a question.
    Svara inte i telefonen när det åskar!
       Don't answer the phone during a thunderstorm!
    Svara honom inte!
       Don't answer him!

#### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

#### Related terms

* ansvara
* besvara
* försvara
* obesvarad
* svara i
* svara på
* svara för
* svara mot
* tillsvara

### Further reading

* svara in Svensk ordbok.

### Anagrams

* savar, varas