skrá
Faroese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
skrá f (genitive singular skráar, plural skráir)
Declension edit
Declension of skrá | ||||
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f2 (skrá) | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | skrá | skráin | skráir | skráirnar |
accusative | skrá | skráina | skráir | skráirnar |
dative | skrá | skránni | skráum | skráunum |
genitive | skráar | skráarinnar | skráa | skráanna |
Derived terms edit
- dagskrá (TV listing)
- skráseta (to register)
- sjónvarpsskrá (TV program)
- útvarpsskrá (radio program)
Etymology 2 edit
From Danish skrå (“chewing tobacco”). Compare Icelandic skro.
Noun edit
skrá f (genitive singular skráar, plural skráir)
Declension edit
Declension of skrá | ||||
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f2 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | skrá | skráin | skráir | skráirnar |
accusative | skrá | skráina | skráir | skráirnar |
dative | skrá | skráini | skráum | skráunum |
genitive | skráar | skráarinnar | skráa | skráanna |
Icelandic edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse skrá, from Proto-Germanic *skrahō.
Noun edit
skrá f (genitive singular skrár or skráar, nominative plural skrár)
- list, register, file, directory
- (computing) file
- a manuscript written on vellum
- (archaic) dried skin, parchment
Declension edit
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
skrá f (genitive singular skráar, nominative plural skrár)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
- skráargat (a keyhole)
- skráarfjöður
Etymology 3 edit
From Old Norse skrá, from the noun skrá (see Etymology 1).
Verb edit
skrá (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skráði, supine skráð)
- (transitive, governs the accusative) to record, write down, note
- (transitive, governs the accusative) to register (record in an official register, etc., e.g. a person or a car)
Conjugation edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms edit
Old Norse edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Germanic *skrahō (“dry animal skin”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to shrink, dry, wrinkle”).[1]
Related to dialectal Norwegian skråen (“half-dried, withered, hard”), Middle Low German schra (“dry, lean”).
Noun edit
skrá f
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
From the noun skrá (Etymology 1).
Verb edit
skrá (singular past indicative skráði, plural past indicative skráðu, past participle skráðr)
Conjugation edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
References edit
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 2693, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2693