skela
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اسكله (iskele), from Italian scala.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skêla/
- Hyphenation: ske‧la
Noun
skȅla f (Cyrillic spelling ске̏ла)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | skȅla | skele |
| genitive | skele | skȇlā |
| dative | skeli | skelama |
| accusative | skelu | skele |
| vocative | skelo | skele |
| locative | skeli | skelama |
| instrumental | skelom | skelama |
Further reading
- “skela”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Swedish
Etymology
From Low German schelen, from Middle Low German schēle, from Old Saxon *skelh, from Proto-West Germanic *skelh (“squinting, crooked”).
Verb
skela (present skelar, preterite skelade, supine skelat, imperative skela)
- to have the eyes turned in different directions, either deliberately (and temporarily) or due to strabismus
- Synonym: vinda
- Han skelar ― He has a squint
- Han skelar på höger öga ― He has strabismus in the right eye
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | skela | skelas | ||
| supine | skelat | skelats | ||
| imperative | skela | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | skelen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | skelar | skelade | skelas | skelades |
| ind. plural1 | skela | skelade | skelas | skelades |
| subjunctive2 | skele | skelade | skeles | skelades |
| present participle | skelande | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms
- skelögd (“having a squint”)