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skugga

skugga

Faroese

Verb

skugga (third person singular past indicative skuggaði, third person plural past indicative skuggað, supine skuggað)

  1. to cast a shadow

Conjugation


Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Verb

skugga (present tense skuggar, past tense skugga, past participle skugga, passive infinitive skuggast, present participle skuggande, imperative skugga/skugg)

  1. to shadow (the act of casting a shadow)
    Månen skuggar for sola under ei solformørking.
    The Moon shadows the Sun during a solar eclipse.
  2. to shadow (to keep under surveillance)

Synonyms

  • (to keep under surveillance): skyggja, skyggje
  • (to keep under surveillance): [skygga, skygge]

References


Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse skuggi.

Pronunciation

Noun

skugga c

  1. a shadow; protection from direct sunlight; the darkness that follows
  2. a shadow, a spy; a discrete follower

Declension

Inflection of skugga 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative skugga skuggan skuggor skuggorna
Genitive skuggas skuggans skuggors skuggornas

Related terms

Verb

skugga (present skuggar, preterite skuggade, supine skuggat, imperative skugga)

  1. to shadow; to cast a shadow, to protect from direct sunlight
  2. to shadow, to spy; to discretely follow

Conjugation

Related terms

  • skuggning