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. (transitive, with accusative) to disdain, to treat with contempt
    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 present past
1st-person singular smá smáða
2nd-person singular smár smáðir
3rd-person singular smár smáði
1st-person plural smám smáðum
2nd-person plural smáið smáðuð
3rd-person plural smá smáðu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular smá smáða
2nd-person singular smáir smáðir
3rd-person singular smái smáði
1st-person plural smáim smáðim
2nd-person plural smáið smáðið
3rd-person plural 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 present past
1st-person singular smámk smáðumk
2nd-person singular smásk smáðisk
3rd-person singular smásk smáðisk
1st-person plural smámsk smáðumsk
2nd-person plural smáizk smáðuzk
3rd-person plural smásk smáðusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular smámk smáðumk
2nd-person singular smáisk smáðisk
3rd-person singular smáisk smáðisk
1st-person plural smáimsk smáðimsk
2nd-person plural smáizk smáðizk
3rd-person plural 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
  • smá in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 2807, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2807

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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