svara

Noun

 * 1)  A concept in Indian music, comparable to a note or tone.

Verb

 * 1) to answer

Etymology
From, from.

Verb

 * 1)  to answer, to respond, to reply
 * 2) * Isaiah 40 (Icelandic, English)
 * Heyr, einhver segir: "Kalla þú!" Og ég svara: "Hvað skal ég kalla?" "Allt hold er gras og allur yndisleikur þess sem blóm vallarins. Grasið visnar, blómin fölna, þegar Drottinn andar á þau. Sannlega, mennirnir eru gras. Grasið visnar, blómin fölna, en orð Guðs vors stendur stöðugt eilíflega."
 * A voice says, "Cry out." And I answer, "What shall I cry?" "All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field. The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the LORD blows on them. Surely the people are grass. The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever."
 * 1)  to answer somebody, to respond to somebody
 * 2)  to answer with something, to respond with something
 * 3)  to answer somebody with something, to give somebody some response, to answer somebody's question, to respond to somebody's comment

Derived terms

 * (defend oneself)
 * svara fyrir eitthvað (to be responsible for something)
 * svara til einhvers (to correspond to something)
 * svara til einhvers (to correspond to something)

Etymology 2
From.

Verb

 * 1) to answer

Etymology
From, from , cognate to 🇨🇬. Compare.

Verb

 * 1) to answer, to reply, to respond

Usage notes

 * The past participle form is very rare.
 * The difference to the word lies in that  concerns answers or responses to people, while  (or in some cases  + certain particles) concerns answers or responses to questions, telephone calls and so on:
 * Att besvara en fråga. (= Att svara på en fråga.)
 * To answer a question.
 * Svara inte i telefonen när det åskar!
 * Don't answer the phone during a thunderstorm!
 * Svara honom inte!
 * Don't answer him!