skerja
Faroese
Alternative forms
(etymological) skerða
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʃɛrja]
Verb
skerja (third person singular past indicative skerdi, third person plural past indicative skert, supine skert)
- to tear, to cut
- to clip (bird wings)
- (about dry weather, dryness) to finish
Conjugation
Conjugation of skerja
| v-71 | ||||
| infinitive | skerja | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | skerjandi | |||
| past participle a7 | skerdur | |||
| supine | skert | |||
| number | singular | plural | ||
| person | first | second | third | all |
| indicative | eg | tú | hann/hon/tað | vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum |
| present | skerji | skerjir | skerjir | skerja |
| past | skerdi | skerdi | skerdi | skerdu |
| imperative | – | tú | – | tit |
| present | — | skerj! | — | skerjið! |
Related terms
- skarð (cut, indentation)
References
- V. U. Hammershaimb: Færøsk Anthologi. Copenhagen 1891, 3rd edition Tórshavn 1991 (vol 2. p. 294 skerða)
Icelandic
Noun
skerja
- indefinite genitive plural of sker