svímavardt

Radestrian

Etymology

svíma- (“counter-”) + vardt (“see”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key)/ˈsviːmavart/ [ˈsʋiːmavart]
  • Rhymes: -iːmavart, -art (3)
  • Syllabification: sví–ma–vardt

Verb

svímavardt (first-person singular non-past svímavarte, first-person singular past svímavarei, present adverbial participle svímavarzdivú, past adverbial participle svímavardúl, verbal noun svímavardaș)

  1. (transitive) to face, to stand opposite/before
  2. (transitive, metaphorically) to confront, to deal with
  3. (transitive) to capture, to have in view (of imaging devices)
  4. (transitive, geometry) to subtend
    Ag aist α svímavartș 37°-víș sjarus er revacen, van gjøș 1t-víș vynis. Fjøspjesa pánist ag aisk α.
    An angle of 37° subtends arc α on a circle with a radius of 1m. Calculate the length of arc α.

Conjugation

Translations

to confront