Faroese

Noun

skrá f (genitive singular skráar, plural skráir)

1. list
2. program

Declension

Derived terms

• skráseta (to register)
• sjónvarpsskrá (TV program)
• útvarpsskrá (radio program)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

skrá f (genitive singular skráar, plural skráir)

1. chewing tobacco, quid

Declension

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skrauː/

  Rhymes: -auː

Etymology 1

From Old Norse skrá.

Noun

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

1. list, register, file, directory
2. (computing) file
3. a manuscript written on vellum
4. (archaic) dried skin, parchment

Declension

Derived terms

• ferilskrá
• tölvuskrá

See also

• bókfell

Synonyms

• (computer file): tölvuskrá, fæll
• (manuscript): skinnbók

Derived terms

• markaskrá
• símaskrá
• þjóðskrá

Etymology 2

Noun

skrá f ‎(genitive singular skráar, nominative plural skrár)

1. door lock

   Lykillinn stendur í skránni.‎

   The key is in the lock.

Declension

Derived terms

• skráargat (a keyhole)
• skráarfjöður

Etymology 3

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, governs the accusative) to record, write down, note
2. (transitive, governs the accusative) to register (record in an official register, etc., e.g. a person or a car)

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• skrá hjá sér
• skrá sig
• skrá sig inn

Old Norse

Etymology 1

Proto-Germanic *skrahą or Proto-Germanic *skrahō ‎(“dry animal skin”). Related to dialectal Norwegian skråen ‎(“half-dried, withered, hard”), Middle Low German schra ‎(“dry, lean”).

Noun

skrá f

1. dried skin, parchment
2. scroll, written document

Descendants

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.