skara

See also: Skara, skära, and skåra

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse skara (to rake, scrape), related to skera (to cut).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskaːra/
  • Rhymes: -aːra

Verb

skara (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skaraði, supine skarað)

  1. (of a fire) to poke or stoking
    Skara í eldinn.
    To poke the fire.
    To stoke the fire.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Noun

skara

  1. indefinite accusative/dative/genitive singular of skari
  2. indefinite accusative/genitive plural of skari

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [s̪kɐˈrɐ]

Noun

skarà f (plural skãros) stress pattern 4

  1. scarf, shawl

Declension

References

  • “skara” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

skara n

  1. definite plural of skar

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse skara.

Alternative forms

Verb

skara (present tense skarar, past tense skara, past participle skara, passive infinitive skarast, present participle skarande, imperative skara/skar)

  1. (transitive) to put or place in a dense row or crowd
  2. (intransitive) to congregate, walk together
  3. (transitive, intransitive) to gather and drop ashes upon embers
Usage notes
  • This is a split infinitive verb.

Etymology 2

From skar (snuff of a candle).

Alternative forms

Verb

skara (present tense skarar, past tense skara, past participle skara, passive infinitive skarast, present participle skarande, imperative skara/skar)

  1. to remove the snuff (i.e. the burnt part) of the wick
Usage notes
  • This is a split infinitive verb.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

skara n

  1. definite plural of skar

References

Old Norse

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

skara

  1. (transitive) to poke, rake
  2. (transitive) to cover closely
    skip skarat skǫldum
    a ship set with shields from stem to stern
Descendants
  • Icelandic: skara
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skara, skare

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

skara

  1. accusative/dative/genitive singular indefinite of skari m
  2. accusative/genitive plural indefinite of skari m

References

  • skara”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse skǫr, from Proto-Germanic *skarō (division, portion).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

skara c

  1. a group of people (physically or more abstractly together)
    en stor skara journalister
    a crowd of journalists

Declension

Declension of skara 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative skara skaran skaror skarorna
Genitive skaras skarans skarors skarornas

References

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