See also: Skara, skära, and skåra

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

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.

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Noun edit

skara

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

Lithuanian edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

skarà f (plural skãros) stress pattern 4

  1. scarf, shawl

Declension edit

References edit

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

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Noun edit

skara n

  1. definite plural of skar

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse skara.

Alternative forms edit

Verb edit

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 edit
  • This is a split infinitive verb.

Etymology 2 edit

From skar (snuff of a candle).

Alternative forms edit

Verb edit

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 edit
  • This is a split infinitive verb.

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

skara n

  1. definite plural of skar

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Old Norse edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Verb edit

skara

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

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

skara

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

References edit

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

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Noun edit

skara c

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

Declension edit

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

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