skeið

skeið

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skaiːj/

Etymology 1

From the feminine Old Norse skeið (“warship; sheath; reed, sley”).

Noun

skeið f (genitive singular skeiðar, plural skeiðir)

1. spoon
2. sheath
3. (anatomy) vagina
4. (poetic) ship

Declension

Declension of skeið
f2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skeið	skeiðin	skeiðir	skeiðirnar
accusative	skeið	skeiðina	skeiðir	skeiðirnar
dative	skeið	skeiðini	skeiðum	skeiðunum
genitive	skeiðar	skeiðarinnar	skeiða	skeiðanna

Synonyms

• (spoon): spónur
• (sheath): slíðrar, váknaskeið
• (vagina): móðurskeið
• (ship): skip

Etymology 2

From the neuter Old Norse skeið (“race; race course; piece of way; space of time”).

Alternative forms

• skeiði [1]
• Skaj [2]

Noun

skeið n (genitive singular skeiðs, plural skeið)

1. space of time, period
2. distance
3. (sports, archaic) race
4. (school) course, class

Declension

Declension of skeið
n4	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skeið	skeiðið	skeið	skeiðini
accusative	skeið	skeiðið	skeið	skeiðini
dative	skeið, skeiði	skeiðnum	skeiðum	skeiðunum
genitive	skeiðs	skeiðsins	skeiða	skeiðanna

Derived terms

Derived terms

• ársskeið (“school year, a year's time”)
• blómingarskeið (“bloom”)
• kvøldskeið (“evening class”)
• lívsskeið (“lifetime”)
• námskeið (“course, class”)

• summarskeið (“summer course”)
• tíðarskeið (“time, period”)
• valskeið (“legislative period”)
• æviskeið (“lifetime”)

References

1. V. U. Hammershaimb: Færøsk Anthologi. Copenhagen 1891, 3rd edition Tórshavn 1991 (p 292)
2. Skaj in: Jens Christian Svabo: Dictionarium Færoense : Færøsk-dansk-latinsk ordbog. (ed. Christian Matras after manuscripts from late 18th century). Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1966. (p. 729)

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sceiːð/ (

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• Rhymes: -eiːð

Etymology 1

From the Old Norse skeið (“a ship, a sheath”).

Noun

skeið f (genitive singular skeiðar, nominative plural skeiðar)

1. a spoon
2. a spoonful, a spoon

   Ein skeið af sykri.

   One spoonful of sugar.

3. (in the plural) a scabbard
4. (anatomy) a vagina; (the passage leading from the opening of the vulva to the cervix of the uterus in female mammals)

Declension

declension of skeið

f-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skeið	skeiðin	skeiðar	skeiðarnar
accusative	skeið	skeiðina	skeiðar	skeiðarnar
dative	skeið	skeiðinni	skeiðum	skeiðunum
genitive	skeiðar	skeiðarinnar	skeiða	skeiðanna

Synonyms

• (spoonful): skeiðarfylli
• (scabbard): slíður
• (vagina): leggöng, slíður

Derived terms

• skeið- (vaginal)

Noun

skeið n (genitive singular skeiðs, nominative plural skeið)

1. (pertaining to time) a period, a span
2. a run
3. a race
4. (gaits, horses) an amble, an easy gait

Declension

declension of skeið

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skeið	skeiðið	skeið	skeiðin
accusative	skeið	skeiðið	skeið	skeiðin
dative	skeiði	skeiðinu	skeiðum	skeiðunum
genitive	skeiðs	skeiðsins	skeiða	skeiðanna

Synonyms

• (period): tímabil
• (run): hlaup
• (race): kapphlaup

Derived terms

• flugskeið
• námskeið
• um skeið