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skör
skör
Icelandic
Noun
skör f (genitive singular skarar, nominative plural skarir)
Synonyms
Derived terms
- láta til skarar skríða (confer hefjast handa)
- loftskör
- þykja skörin vera farin að færast upp í bekkinn, þykja skörin vera farin að færa sig upp í bekkinn
- sitja skör hærra
- sitja skör lægra
- tjaldskör
- torfuskör (confer hnakki)
- um skör fram, fyrir skör fram úr hófi
- láta ganga af skörum
- gera skör sína eftir
- skríða með skörunum
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish skør, skyr.
Pronunciation
Adjective
skör (comparative skörare, superlative skörast)
- frail, brittle, fragile, weak
- (obsolete) weak in moral, immoral, light-minded, frivolous, unchaste, whorish
Declension
Inflection of skör | |||
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Indefinite/attributive | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | skör | skörare | skörast |
Neuter singular | skört | skörare | skörast |
Plural | sköra | skörare | skörast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | sköre | skörare | sköraste |
All | sköra | skörare | sköraste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role. |
Related terms
- skörhet
- skörlevnad
References
- skör in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)