skyr
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (General Australian, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /skɪə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /skɪər/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Noun
skyr (uncountable)
- A yogurt-like product made of curdled milk, curds stored up for food; a thick dairy product unique to Icelandic cuisine.
Translations
Further reading
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from Icelandic skyr n, from Old Norse skyr. Doublet of skør.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skyːˀr/, [ˈsɡ̊yɐ̯ˀ] or IPA(key): /skiːr/, [ˈsɡ̊iːɐ̯]
Noun
skyr c (singular definite skyren, not used in plural form)
Declension
| common gender |
singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | skyr | skyren |
| genitive | skyrs | skyrens |
References
- “skyr” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skir/
Noun
skyr m (uncountable)
Faroese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃiːɹ/
- Rhymes: -iːɹ
Noun
skyr n (genitive singular skyrs, uncountable)
Declension
| n3s | singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | skyr | skyrið |
| accusative | skyr | skyrið |
| dative | skyri | skyrinum |
| genitive | skyrs | skyrsins |
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse skyr (“thick curdled milk”, literally “separated”), from skera (“to divide”). [1][2][3]
Related to the terms Danish skør (dialect), skørost (dialect), Norwegian Nynorsk skyr (“buttermilk, cultured milk”) or skjør, and Swedish skyr. The Latin term lac concretum (“thick milk”) is found in Tacitus' Germania. Possibly borrowed into English as English scurvy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /scɪːr/
- Rhymes: -ɪːr
Noun
skyr n (genitive singular skyrs, no plural)
- skyr (yogurt-like product made of curdled milk)
Declension
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | skyr | skyrið |
| accusative | skyr | skyrið |
| dative | skyri | skyrinu |
| genitive | skyrs | skyrsins |
Derived terms
- berjaskyr (“blackberries and curds”)
- hleypa skyr
- skyraskur (“a curd bowl”)
- skyrbjúgur (“scurvy”)
- skyrbúr (“a curd bower”)
- skyrker (“a curd vessel”)
- skyrsletta
- sletta skyrinu (“to spend beyond one's means”)
- þeir sletta skyrinu sem eiga það
See also
- sletta
- ólekja
References
- ^ J.Fritzner. Ordbog over det gamle norske Sprog. 1862, Christiania.
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “938-947”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 938-947
- ^ “scurvy”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Further reading
- skyr on the Icelandic Wikipedia.Wikipedia is
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse skírr, from Proto-Germanic *skīriz. Doublet of schyre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skiːr/
Adjective
skyr
- clear-coloured, pale, light, luminous, radiant
- (rare) clear, noticeable, discernible
- (rare) unadulterated, undiluted, full-strength
- (rare) untainted, unaffected, secure
Descendants
References
- “skīr(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 1 May 2018.
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
skyr
- present of sky
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse skyr. Akin to skjera.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃʏːr/
Noun
skyr n (definite singular skyret, indefinite plural skyr, definite plural skyra)
Derived terms
- skyrost (“sour milk cheese”)
Etymology 2
Verb
skyr
- present of sky
Polish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈskɘr/
- Rhymes: -ɘr
- Syllabification: skyr
Noun
skyr m inan
- skyr (yogurt-like product made of curdled milk, curds stored up for food; a thick dairy product unique to Icelandic cuisine)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | skyr | skyry |
| genitive | skyru | skyrów |
| dative | skyrowi | skyrom |
| accusative | skyr | skyry |
| instrumental | skyrem | skyrami |
| locative | skyrze | skyrach |
| vocative | skyrze | skyry |
Further reading
- skyr in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish
Verb
skyr
- present of sky