narr

See also: Narr

English

Verb

narr (third-person singular simple present narrs, present participle narring, simple past and past participle narred)

1. (rare or obsolete, intransitive) Alternative spelling of gnar.

Further reading

• “narr, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German narre, itself borrowed from Middle High German narre, from Old High German narro.

Noun

narr (genitive narri, partitive narri)

1. fool, joker, jester

Declension

Declension of narr (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		narr	narrid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	narri
genitive			narride
partitive		narri	narre narrisid
illative		narri narrisse	narridesse narresse
inessive		narris	narrides narres
elative		narrist	narridest narrest
allative		narrile	narridele narrele
adessive		narril	narridel narrel
ablative		narrilt	narridelt narrelt
translative		narriks	narrideks narreks
terminative		narrini	narrideni
essive		narrina	narridena
abessive		narrita	narrideta
comitative		narriga	narridega

Further reading

• “narr”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• narr in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Romansh

Alternative forms

• nar (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Narr.

Adjective

narr m (feminine singular narra, masculine plural narrs, feminine plural narras)

1. (Sursilvan) crazy, mad

Swedish

en narr avbildad (depicted) på en dörr

Etymology

Attested in Swedish at least since 1528; from Middle Low German narre, from Old Saxon *narro, from Proto-West Germanic *narrō. Cognate with Danish nar and Norwegian Nynorsk narr.

Noun

narr c

1. a jester, joker, fool
2. a fool (ridiculous (and conceited) person)

Declension

Declension of narr

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	narr	narrs
	definite	narren	narrens
plural	indefinite	narrar	narrars
	definite	narrarna	narrarnas

Derived terms

• göra narr av (“make fun of, ridicule”)

Related terms

• narra
• narri
• narrmössa

Descendants

• → Estonian: narr
• → Finnish: narri

References

• “narr”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “narr”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “narr”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Tarifit

Verb

narr (Tifinagh spelling ⵏⴰⵔⵔ)

1. first-person plural aorist of arr