skrá

See also: škra and škŕa

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skɹɔaː/
    Rhymes: -ɔaː

Etymology 1

From Old Norse skrá.

Noun

skrá f (genitive singular skráar, plural skráir)

  1. list
  2. program
Declension
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

Etymology 2

From Danish skrå (chewing tobacco). Compare Icelandic skro.

Noun

skrá f (genitive singular skráar, plural skráir)

  1. chewing tobacco, quid
Declension
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

Inherited from Old Norse skrá, from Proto-Germanic *skrahō.

Noun

skrá f (genitive singular skrár or skráar, nominative plural skrár)

  1. list, register, file, directory
  2. (computing) file
    Synonyms: tölvuskrá, fæll
  3. a manuscript written on vellum
    Synonym: skinnbók
  4. (archaic) dried skin, parchment
Declension
Declension of skrá (feminine)
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
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

Noun

skrá f (genitive singular skrár or skráar, nominative plural skrár)

  1. door lock
    Lykillinn stendur í skránni.
    The key is in the lock.
Declension
Declension of skrá (feminine)
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
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Inherited from Old Norse skrá, from the noun skrá (see Etymology 1).

Verb

skrá (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skráði, supine skráð)

  1. (transitive) to record, write down, note [with accusative]
  2. (transitive) to register (record in an official register, etc., e.g. a person or a car) [with accusative]
Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms
  • skrá hjá sér
  • skrá sig
  • skrá sig inn

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *skrahō (dry animal skin), of uncertain origin, though possibly a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (to shrink, dry, wrinkle, bend).[1][2] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Pokorny reference doesn't point to correct section - this should be fixed.”) Related to dialectal Norwegian skråen (half-dried, withered, hard), Middle Low German schra (dry, lean), Proto-Finnic *raha (squirrel pelt; money).[1] Note in particular similarities to Proto-Germanic *skrinkwaną (to shrink).

Noun

skrá f

  1. dried skin, parchment
  2. scroll, written document
Descendants
  • Danish: skrå c
  • Faroese: skrá f
  • Icelandic: skrá f
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skrå f or m
  • 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)

  1. to write down, register
Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 de Vries, Jan (1977) “skrá 1”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, pages 500-1
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “2693”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2693