skrá
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skɹɔaː/
- Rhymes: -ɔaː
Etymology 1
From Old Norse skrá.
Noun
skrá f (genitive singular skráar, plural skráir)
- list
- program
Declension
| Declension of skrá | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- skráseta (to register)
- sjónvarpsskrá (TV program)
- útvarpsskrá (radio program)
Etymology 2
From Danish skrå (“chewing tobacco”). Compare Icelandic skro.
Noun
skrá f (genitive singular skráar, plural skráir)
- chewing tobacco, quid
Declension
| Declension of skrá | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skrauː/
- Rhymes: -auː
Etymology 1
From Old Norse skrá.
Noun
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
| f-s1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | skrá | skráin | skrár | skrárnar |
| accusative | skrá | skrána | skrár | skrárnar |
| dative | skrá | skránni | skrám | skránum |
| genitive | skrár / skráar | skrárinnar / skráarinnar | skráa | skránna |
Synonyms
- (computer file): tölvuskrá, fæll
- (manuscript): skinnbók
Derived terms
- dagskrá
- ferilskrá
- markaskrá
- símaskrá
- tölvuskrá
- þjóðskrá
- sakaskrá
See also
- bókfell
Noun
skrá f (genitive singular skráar, nominative plural skrár)
- door lock
- Lykillinn stendur í skránni.
- The key is in the lock.
Declension
| f-s1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | skrá | skráin | skrár | skrárnar |
| accusative | skrá | skrána | skrár | skrárnar |
| dative | skrá | skránni | skrám | skránum |
| genitive | skráar | skráarinnar | skráa | skránna |
Derived terms
- skráargat (a keyhole)
- skráarfjöður
Etymology 3
From Old Norse skrá, from the noun skrá (see Etymology 1).
Verb
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
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- skrá hjá sér
- skrá sig
- skrá sig inn
Old Norse
Etymology 1
Proto-Germanic *skrahą or Proto-Germanic *skrahō (“dry animal skin”). Related to dialectal Norwegian skråen (“half-dried, withered, hard”), Middle Low German schra (“dry, lean”).
Noun
skrá f
- dried skin, parchment
- scroll, written document
Descendants
- Danish: skrå c
- Faroese: skrá f
- Icelandic: skrá f
- Norwegian: skrå f
- Swedish: skrå c (f)
Etymology 2
From the noun skrá (Etymology 1).
Verb
skrá (singular past indicative skráði, plural past indicative skráðu, past participle skráðr)
- to write down, register
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.