skilja

Faroese

Verb

skilja

1. to understand
2. to divide

Conjugation

   Conjugation of skilja

skilja, v-21-11
number	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	all
Indicative	eg	tú	hann / hon tað	vit, tit, teir / tær / tey tygum
Present	skilji/ skili	skilur/ skilir	skilur/ skilir	skilja
Past	skildi/ skilti	skildi/ skilti	skildi/ skilti	skildu/ skiltu
Imperative		tú		tit
Present	—	skil !	—	skiljið !
Infinitive	skilja
Pres. part.	skiljandi
Past part. a7/a5	skildur/ skiltur
Supine	skilt

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈscɪlja/
• Rhymes: -ɪlja

Verb

skilja weak verb (third person singular past indicative skildi, supine skilið)

1. (transitive, with accusative) to separate ^syn.
2. (transitive, with accusative) to understand ^syn.

   Ég skil ekki.

   I don't understand.

   Fyrirgefðu, en ég skil ekki frönsku.

   I'm sorry but I don't understand French.

3. (intransitive) to divorce ^syn.

Synonyms

• (separate ^def.): aðskilja
• (understand ^def.): botna í, sjá, undirstanda (obsolete)
• (divorce ^def.): slíta sambúð

Derived terms

• skilja að (to divide in two)
• skilja frá (to separate something from something else)
• skilja mjólkina (to separate milk and cream)
• skiljast
• skiljast að (to part, to separate)
• eiga skilinn (to deserve something)
• skilja á milli (to distinguish)
• vera skildir að skiptum (to have nothing to do with someone from now on)
• skilja eftir (to leave something, to leave something behind)
• skilja ekkert í (to be unable to understand something, make no sense of something)
• skilja sundur (to take apart)
• skilja undan (to make an exception of)
• skilja við (to die)
• segja skilið við (to leave something, to put something behind one)
• skilja hvað klukkan slær
• ég skil ekki
• skilinn

Anagrams

• klisja

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skiljanan (“to separate, limit”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kalǝ-, *(s)kelǝ- (“to split, cut”). Compare Old Armenian ցելում (cʿelum). Cognate with Old English scylian, scielian (“to divide, separate”). More at skill.

Verb

skilja

1. to part, divide, separate
2. to break off, break up
3. to part company, take leave
4. to distinguish, discern
5. to understand, find out
6. to decide, settle
7. to set apart, reserve for one

References

• “skilja” in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Verb

skilja (present skiljer, preterite skilde or skiljde, supine skilt or skiljt, imperative skilj)

1. to separate; to cause to be separate
2. to separate; to divide into separate parts
3. to tell apart; to discern, to differentiate
4. to differ; to be different
5. (reflexive) to divorce; to end one's marriage

Conjugation

Conjugation of skilja

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	skilja	skiljas
Present tense	skiljer	skiljs, skiljes
Past tense	skilde	skildes
Supine	skilt	skilts
Imperative	skilj	—
Present participle	skiljande
Past participle	skild

Related terms

• åtskilja
• avskilja
• frånskilja
• skiljaktig
• skillnad
• skilsmässa
• särskilja
• urskilja