skar
English
Alternative forms
- skare
Etymology
From the root of scare.
Adjective
skar (comparative more skar, superlative most skar)
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) wild; timid; shy
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for skar in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- AKRs, Kars, Sark, arks, kars, ksar, sark
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsɡ̊ɑˀ]
Verb
skar
- past tense of skære
Icelandic
Noun
skar n (genitive singular skars, nominative plural skör)
- snuff of a candle (the burnt part of a wick)
- old, feeble person
Declension
n-s | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | skar | skarið | skör | skörin |
accusative | skar | skarið | skör | skörin |
dative | skari | skarinu | skörum | skörunum |
genitive | skars | skarsins | skara | skaranna |
Further reading
- “skar” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Latvian
Verb
skar
- 2nd person singular present indicative form of skart
- 3rd person singular present indicative form of skart
- 3rd person plural present indicative form of skart
- 2nd person singular imperative form of skart
- (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of skart
- (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of skart
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
skar
- simple past of skjære
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
skar
- past tense of skjera
Etymology 2
From Old Norse skarð, from Proto-Germanic *skardą. Cognates include English shard.
Alternative forms
- skard (alternative spelling)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skɑːr/, /skɑːɽ/
Noun
skar n (definite singular skaret, indefinite plural skar, definite plural skara)
- a mountain pass; a navigable ravine
- Synonyms: fjellovergang, pass
- a shard
- a notch, chink, gap
Etymology 3
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From Old Norse skarsl. Related to skjera (“to cut”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skɑːr/
Noun
skar n (definite singular skaret, indefinite plural skar, definite plural skara)
- snuff of a candle (the burnt part of a wick)
- Synonym: snart
Etymology 4
From Old Norse skǫr f, from Proto-Germanic *skarō. Related to skjera (“to cut”). Cognates include English share.
Noun
skar n (definite singular skaret, indefinite plural skar, definite plural skara)
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Etymology 5
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
skar
- present tense of ska
References
- “skar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- kras, raks, rask
Old Norse
Verb
skar
- first/third-person singular past indicative active of skera
Swedish
Verb
skar
- past tense of skära.
Anagrams
- Rask, arks, kars, rask