*swartaz

Runic: ᛊᚹᚨᚱᛏᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈswɑr.tɑz/

adjective · a-stem

Meanings

black

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *swerd- (‘dirty, dark, black’); compare Latin sordēs, Russian сор (sor), and Northern Kurdish xwelî.

Declension

Strong declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	swartaz	swartō	swartą, -atō	swartai	swartôz	swartō
Acc.	swartanǭ	swartǭ	swartą, -atō	swartanz	swartōz	swartō
Gen.	swartas, -is	swartaizōz	swartas, -is	swartaizǫ̂	swartaizǫ̂	swartaizǫ̂
Dat.	swartammai	swartaizōi	swartammai	swartaimaz	swartaimaz	swartaimaz
Inst.	swartanō	swartaizō	swartanō	swartaimiz	swartaimiz	swartaimiz

Weak declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	swartô	swartǭ	swartô	swartaniz	swartōniz	swartōnō
Acc.	swartanų	swartōnų	swartô	swartanunz	swartōnunz	swartōnō
Gen.	swartiniz	swartōniz	swartiniz	swartanǫ̂	swartōnǫ̂	swartanǫ̂
Dat.	swartini	swartōni	swartini	swartammaz	swartōmaz	swartammaz
Inst.	swartinē	swartōnē	swartinē	swartammiz	swartōmiz	swartammiz

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Descendants

*swart (Proto-West Germanic)
- swart (Old Dutch)
  - swart (Middle Dutch)
    - zwart (Limburgish)
    - zwort (West Flemish)
*swart (Proto-West Germanic)
- swart (Old Dutch)
  - swart (Middle Dutch)
    - zwart (Dutch)
      - swart (Afrikaans)
*swart (Proto-West Germanic)
- sweart, swyart, swart, swært (Old English)
  - swart (Middle English)
    - swart, swarth (English)
    - swart (Scots)
*swart (Proto-West Germanic)
- swart, swert (Old Frisian)
  - suart, suurt (North Frisian)
  - swot, swoot (Saterland Frisian)
  - swart (West Frisian)
*swart (Proto-West Germanic)
- swarz (Old High German)
  - swarz (Middle High German)
    - ? (Alemannic German)
    - schwoarz (Bavarian)
    - schwatz, zjwats (Central Franconian)
    - schwarz (German)
    - schwaarz (Luxembourgish)
    - ? (Rhine Franconian)
    - świöc (Vilamovian)
    - שוואַרץ (shvarts) (Yiddish)
*swart (Proto-West Germanic)
- swart (Old Saxon)
  - swart (Middle Low German)
    - sværte (Danish)
*swart (Proto-West Germanic)
- swart (Old Saxon)
  - swart (Middle Low German)
    - swart (Low German)
      - swart, schwart (German Low German)
      - schwoat (Plautdietsch)
svartr (Old Norse)
- swart (Elfdalian)
- svartur (Faroese)
- svartar (Gutnish)
- svartur (Icelandic)
- svart (Norn)
- svárter (Scanian)
svartr (Old Norse)
- svart, svart’u, svart’e (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  - svart (Norwegian Bokmål)
svartr (Old Norse)
- swart, swort, sort (Old Danish)
  - sort (Danish)
    - sort (Norwegian Bokmål)
svartr (Old Norse)
- svarter, svorter (Old Swedish)
  - svart (Swedish)
𐍃𐍅𐌰𐍂𐍄𐍃 (swarts) (Gothic)

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