skär
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Swedish skær, from Old Norse skærr (“pure, bright, clear”), in turn from Proto-Germanic *skairiz (“pure, sheer”), from Proto-Indo-European *sḱēy- (“luster, gloss, shadow”). Cognate with Danish skær, German schier (“sheer”), Dutch schier (“almost”), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍂𐍃 (skeirs, “clear, lucid”). Outside Germanic, cognate to Albanian hirrë (“whey, serum”).
Adjective edit
skär (comparative skärare, superlative skärast)
Declension edit
Inflection of skär | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | skär | skärare | skärast |
Neuter singular | skärt | skärare | skärast |
Plural | skära | skärare | skärast |
Masculine plural3 | skäre | skärare | skärast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | skäre | skärare | skäraste |
All | skära | skärare | skäraste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from French chair (“meat”), from the phrase couleur de chair (“carnation”).
Adjective edit
skär (comparative skärare, superlative skärast)
- pink; having a color between red and white, sometimes with a hint of beige, as in the skin color of white people.
Declension edit
Inflection of skär | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | skär | skärare | skärast |
Neuter singular | skärt | skärare | skärast |
Plural | skära | skärare | skärast |
Masculine plural3 | skäre | skärare | skärast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | skäre | skärare | skäraste |
All | skära | skärare | skäraste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Synonyms edit
- (pink): rosa (never with a beige hue)
Etymology 3 edit
From Old Norse sker. Cognate to English skerry, Irish sceir, Scottish Gaelic sgeir, Danish skær, Norwegian Bokmål skjær, Norwegian Nynorsk skjer, Icelandic sker and Faroese sker.
Noun edit
skär n
Declension edit
Declension of skär | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | skär | skäret | skär | skären |
Genitive | skärs | skärets | skärs | skärens |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Russian: шхе́ра (šxéra)
Etymology 4 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
skär
- inflection of skära:
References edit
- skär in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- skär in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- skär in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- skär in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)