skola

From Old Norse skola.

• IPA^(key): /ˈskoːla/
• Rhymes: -oːla
• Homophone: skolað

skola (third person singular past indicative skolaði, third person plural past indicative skolaðu, supine skolað)

1. to rinse

From Old Norse skola.

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɔːla/
• Rhymes: -ɔːla

skola (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skolaði, supine skolað)

1. to rinse

• “skola” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

• eskola, shkola, (Monastir) skolije

From Latin schola, from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ).

skola f (Hebrew spelling סקולה)

1. school

Borrowed from Middle High German schōle, or from Middle Dutch schole, both also borrowings from Late Latin scola, schola (“lecture; school”), itself borrowed from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ). In Latvian, this borrowing is first mentioned in 16th-century texts and 17th-century dictionaries.^[1]

skola f (4th declension)

1. school (institution of learning, usually of lower or intermediate level; also a special or specific institution of learning; also the building where such an institution is housed)

   vispārizglītojošā skola ― comprehensive school

   profesionālā, speciālā skola ― professional, special school

   valsts, privātās skolas ― public, private schools

   lauku, pilsētu skolas ― rural, urban schools

   zēnu, meiteņu skola ― boys', girls' school

   kopmācības skola ― co-educational school

   baleta, mūzikas, sporta skola ― ballet, music, sports school

   lauksaimniecības skola ― agricultural school

   skolu tīkls ― school network

   skolu jaunatne ― school youth

   skolas audzēknis ― school student

   skolas bērns, puika ― schoolboy

   skolas biedrs ― schoolmate

   skolas direktors, ārsts ― school director, doctor

   skolas bibliotēka ― school library

   skolas mēbeles ― school furniture

   skolas sols, tāfele ― school bench, board

   skolas grāmatas, burtnīcas ― school books, notebooks

   skolas soma ― school bag

   skolas forma ― school uniform

   skolas laiks, gadi ― school time, years

   iestāties skolā ― to enroll in a school

   mācīties skolā ― to study at a school

   sūtīt skolā ― to send to school

   apmeklēt skolā ― to visit the school

   pamest skolu ― to leave school

   izslēgt no skolas ― to expel from school

   kad iesi skolā, varbūt skolotājs paskaidros ― when you go to school, maybe the teacher will explain it

2. (figuratively) education; the work of studying at school

   skola sākās 1. septembrī ― school will start on September 1st

   Taisnību sakot, mazliet vairāk skolas viņam nebūtu nācis par ļaunu — to tell the truth, a little bit more school would not have been bad for him

3. (figuratively) experience, learning

   dzīves skola ― the school of life

   neveiksme viņam būs laba skola ― failure will be a good school for him

   aršanas sacensības galvenokārt ir pieredzes, darba metožu, jaunāko atziņu skola ― plowing competitions are mostly a school of (= place, occasion for learning) experience, work methods, and recent findings

4. school, school of thought (a set of theories, a teaching associated with a certain person, a certain movement or its followers)

   Platona filozofijas skola ― Plato's school of philosophy

   Paula Strādina skola medicīna ― Pauls Stradins' school of medicine

   beļģu skola glezniecībā ― the Belgian school of painting

   krievu skola baletā ― the Russian school of ballet

   Pavlovs izveidoja 20. gadsimta fiziologu lielāko skolu: viņa tiešo līdzstrādnieku un disertantu pulks vien aptvēis 250 cilvēku ― Pavlov created the largest school of 20th-century physiology: his group of direct collaborators and students comprised 250 people

• sākumskola, pamatskola, vidusskola, augstskola
• pagastskola
• skolēns
• skolnieks, skolniece
• skolot, skolotājs, skolotāja

• universitāte

In ablaut with skelė́ti (“to owe”), from Proto-Indo-European *skel- (“to owe”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *skulaną (“to owe”).

skolà f (plural skõlos) stress pattern 4

1. (economics) debt
2. (archaic) fault

   Synonym: kaltė

3. (archaic) duty, obligation

   Synonym: pareiga

• skolingas (“indebted”)
• skolinti (“to lend, borrow”)

• “skola”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
• “skola”, entry by Vytautas Vaškelaitis, in Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia)
• Derksen, Rick (2015) “skola”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 406

• iskola (after the article)

Borrowed from Sicilian scola, from Latin schola, from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ).

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɔː.la/

skola f (plural skejjel or skajjel or (obsolete) skoli)

1. school (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning)
2. school (the followers of a particular doctrine)
3. school (a department/institute at a college or university)
4. education

From Proto-Germanic *skwal-, from *skul-. If related to Sanskrit क्षालयति (kṣālayati, “to wash”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷsel-. Or, if related to Lithuanian skal͂bti (“to do laundry”), possibly from a late Proto-Indo-European *sk(ʷ)ol-b(ʰ)-.

skola (singular past indicative skolaða, plural past indicative skoluðu, past participle skolaðr)

1. wash

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “skola”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
• Monier Williams (1899) “skola”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 327.
• Heijden, Vincent (2018): The Shared Lexicon Of Baltic, Slavic, AND Germanic, p. 31

• IPA^(key): /²skuːla/

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From Old Swedish skula, from Old Norse skulu, from Proto-Germanic *skulaną.

skola (present ska or skall (formal), preterite skulle, supine skolat)

2. (present tense ska) shall, will, be going to expresses intended future; used for plans, promises and decisions [with infinitive].
   • 1964, “Ovan där [Up there]”, in Ivar Lindestad (lyrics), Charles Albert Tindley (music), Tjyvballader och barnatro [Thief ballads and childhood faith]‎^[2], performed by Jailbird Singers, Uses old present tense plural forms, though not consistently:

     Prövningar vi möta få,
     och vi ofta ej förstå Herrens vägar
     när Han önskar att vi himlen skola nå.

     Trials we face,
     and we often don't understand the Lord's ways
     when He wishes that we shall reach heaven.

   Jag ska äta.

   I'm going to eat.

   att skola äta

   to have the intention to / be going to eat

   Very artificial – shall in the infinitive.

3. (past tense skulle) [with infinitive]
   1. would expresses the conditional.

      Om jag hade en pizza så skulle jag äta den.

      If I had a pizza, I would eat it.

   2. should used to give advice, instruction, or an opinion.

      Jag skulle inte ha ätit två pizzor.

      I shouldn't have eaten two pizzas.

   3. was/were going to expresses the "anterior future" or "future in the past".

      Jag skulle just äta pizzan när svanen attackerade.

      I was just going to eat the pizza when the swan attacked.

   4. could, would used to make a phrase more polite.

      Skulle du kunna skjutsa mig till stan?

      Could you give me a ride to town?

      Jag skulle vilja ha en kaka.

      I would like a cookie.

• See ska and skulle for additional senses and usage examples.
• For semantic reasons, this verb hardly ever appears in the infinitive, which is unknown to many or perceived as archaic. The infinitive may also be perceived as archaic due to once being the present tense form used for plural subjects (see the quotations above).
• See also the usage notes for skall.

The short form of skall is ska and is more commonly used (skall matches English shall in tone and is used in similar contexts). However, skall is used in the expression vad som komma skall (“what is to come”), the grammar of which is very dated.

• tack (“please (to add politeness)”)
• är du snäll (“please (in polite requests)”)
• borde (“should”)

From Old Norse skóli, from Proto-West Germanic *skōlu, from Late Latin schola (“learned discussion or dissertation, lecture, school”), from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ, “spare time, leisure”), from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to hold, have, possess”).

skola c

2. (countable, uncountable) school (education or instruction institution)

   Han går i skolan

   He goes to school [He goes in the school]

   Barnen är i skolan

   The children are at school [The children are in the school]

   Jag är i skolan just nu

   I'm at school right now [I am in the school right now]

   reformer i skolan / skolreformer

   school reforms [reforms in the school]

   På torsdag är det öppet hus på skolan

   On Thursday, there is an open house at the school [see usage notes below for "i skolan" vs. "på skolan"]

3. a school (school of thought)

   Frankfurtskolan

   the Frankfurt school

I (“in”) (as opposed to på) is the most idiomatic preposition for (being at and) attending school, and also when referring to the education system as a whole. På (“on”) implies "at the school" in a broader sense.

• → Finnish: skole

• lågstadium
• mellanstadium
• högstadium
• gymnasium
• högskola
• universitet
• high school

skola (present skolar, preterite skolade, supine skolat, imperative skola)

1. to school, teach

• skolning

• skola in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• skola in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• skola in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• kolas, sloka

• IPA^(key): [ˈsko.la]

skola

1. alternative form of sikola (“school”)

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh