sparrow – English noun declension

English noun forms of sparrow

Noun: sparrow
Singularsparrow
Pluralsparrows

Sample Sentences

  • Man progresses generally, not both legs at once like a sparrow, but by putting one leg forward first, and then the other. [1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 192:]
  • In a poem by Sappho, Aphrodite is represented as riding in a car drawn by sparrows. [1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 87:]
  • cockney sparrow
  • I take it there 's scarcely a happier fellow alive than your honest town-bred smoke-dried cockney sparrow. [1878, Charles Henry Ross, Ally Sloper's guide to the Paris exhibition, page 54:]
  • Professional cockney sparrow Martine has acted since childhood. [2005, Drama Faces: Martine McCutcheon, BBC:]

Etymology

1. From Middle English sparewe, sparowe, sparu, sparwe, spearewe, sperrewe, from Old English spearwa, from Proto-West Germanic *sparwō, from Proto-Germanic *sparwô, from Proto-Indo-European *spḗr (“sparrow”).
2. Cognates
3. Cognate with Yola sparrowe (“sparrow”), North Frisian sparag, spåri (“sparrow”), Saterland Frisian Spräie (“sparrow”), Alemannic German and Luxembourgish Spatz (“sparrow”), Dutch spreeuw (“starling”), German Spatz, Sperling (“sparrow”), Vilamovian śpielik, śpjelik, śpjeliḱ (“sparrow”), Yiddish שפּערל (shperl, “sparrow”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål spurv (“sparrow”), Faroese spurvur (“sparrow”), Norwegian Nynorsk sporv (“sparrow”), Swedish sparv (“sparrow”), Gothic 𐍃𐍀𐌰𐍂𐍅𐌰 (sparwa, “sparrow”); also Latin parra (“bird of ill omen”), Ancient Greek ψάρ (psár), ψήρ (psḗr, “starling”). See: Middle English Nouns 'sparewe', Old English Nouns 'spearwa', Dutch Nouns 'spreeuw', German Nouns 'Spatz', Faroese Nouns 'spurvur', Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns 'sporv', Swedish Nouns 'sparv', Gothic Nouns '𐍃𐍀𐌰𐍂𐍅𐌰', Latin Nouns 'parra', Ancient Greek Nouns 'ψάρ'.

Verbs referencing "sparrow"

Latin Nouns parra, Latin Nouns sturnus, Ancient Greek Nouns ψάρ, Swedish Nouns sparv, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns sporv.