fnysa
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Alternative forms
Noun
fnysa n
Noun
fnysa n
Verb
fnysa (present fnyser, preterite fnös or fnyste, supine fnyst, imperative fnys)
- to snort (exhale roughly through the nose)
- Tjuren fnös
- The bull snorted
- (sometimes figuratively, of a person) to express contempt or dissatisfaction (by snorting); to scoff, to harumph
- Kritikerna fnös åt den populära buskisföreställningen
- The critics scoffed at the popular slapstick show
- Det är inget att fnysa åt
- That's nothing to scoff at (idiomatic)
- *Fnys* ― *Harumph*
Conjugation
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | fnysa | fnysas | ||
| Supine | fnyst | fnysts | ||
| Imperative | fnys | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | fnysen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | fnyser | fnyste | fnyses | fnystes |
| Ind. plural1 | fnysa | fnyste | fnysas | fnystes |
| Subjunctive2 | fnyse | fnyste | fnyses | fnystes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | fnysande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Conjugation of fnysa (weak)
Related terms
See also
- frusta (“to snort (usually more intense)”)
References
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