# swar
## Louisiana Creole
### Etymology

From French soir (“evening”).

### Noun

swar
* evening

## Maltese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /swaːr/
* Rhymes: -aːr

### Noun

swar
* plural of sur

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Old English swaru.

#### Noun

swar
* Alternative form of sware

### Etymology 2

From Old English swǣr, swār.

#### Noun

swar
* Alternative form of swere

## Old English
### Adjective

swār
* Alternative form of swǣr

## Old High German
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *swār, from Proto-Germanic *swēraz, whence also Old English swær, Old Norse svárr.

### Adjective

swār
* heavy

#### Derived terms

* swārī

#### Descendants

* Middle High German: swær, swǣre, swār, swēre, swēr
** Alemannic German:
    Swabian: schwär
** Bavarian: schwar
** German: schwer
** Luxembourgish: schwéier
** Vilamovian: świer
** Yiddish: שווער (shver)

## Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish swar, from Proto-Slavic *svarъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsfar/
* Rhymes: -ar
* Syllabification: swar

### Noun

swar m inan
* (now usually in the plural) quarrel, argument, fight
** 1805, Homer, “Iliady xięga 1 [Jacek Przybylski, transl.]”, in Franciszek Dmochowski, editor, Dzieła Homera‎, volume 3, Warszawa: Drukarnia Xięży Pïarów, archived from the original on 2022-11-21, page 236 (listed as 246 by the website):(W czém się wszystkiém Jowisza wola wypełniała) Odkąd zostali swarem poróżnieni dzikim Atreyczyk wódz narodów z boskim Peleyczykiem.In all of which Jupiter's will was being fulfilled, since they were separated by a wild quarrel, the son of Atreus, leader of nations, from the divine son of Peleus.
** 2018 March 14, “Duda: UE jest najważniejsza? A pamiętacie zabory”, in Rzeczpospolita‎, archived from the original on 2022-05-22:- ... Jak Polska wtedy pod koniec XVIII wieku swą niepodległość straciła i zniknęła z mapy też byli tacy, którzy mówili: a może to lepiej, swary się wszystkie skończą, te rokosze, te insurekcje, te wojny, te awantury, te konfederacje, wreszcie będzie święty spokój - wspomniał prezydent."...When Poland then, near the end of the 18th century, lost its independence and vanished from the map, there were also those who said: but maybe this is better, all the quarrels will end, these rebellions, these insurrections, these wars, these fights, these confederations, [and] at last there will be peace and quiet," recalled the president.
* (archaic) noise, din, commotion
** 1907 (written 1690-1694), Wacław z Potoka Potocki, “402. Sprawa nierozsądzona w stadle”, in Ogród Fraszek‎, Lwów: Towarzystwo dla Popierania Nauki Polskiej, archived from the original on 2022-11-21, page 189:Toż swar, płacz, hałas; tedy po sprzeczaniu długim, Rzecze mąż przysmętniejszym:...Then [there is] commotion, crying, noise; then after a long argument, the husband says sadly:...
** 1879 (first published 1876), Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, Stara baśń: powieść z dziewiątego wieku‎, Warszawa: Gebethner i Wolff, archived from the original on 2022-11-21, page 130:Z cichego szmeru rodził się swar i wrzawa, i gwar taki, że jedni drugich nie słyszeli.From a quiet murmur arose a noise and uproar, and such a hubbub that one person couldn't hear another.

#### Declension
### Further reading

* swar in Polish dictionaries at PWN