Wiktionary

fnysa

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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fnysa n

  1. definite plural of fnys

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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fnysa n

  1. definite plural of fnys

Swedish

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Verb

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fnysa (present fnyser, preterite fnös or fnyste, supine fnyst, imperative fnys)

  1. to snort (exhale roughly through the nose)
    Tjuren fnös
    The bull snorted
  2. (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

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Conjugation of fnysa (weak)
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.
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See also

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  • frusta (“to snort (usually more intense)”)

References

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