skaft
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse skapt, from Proto-Germanic *skaftaz. Cognate with English shaft, German Schaft, Danish skaft.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
skaft n (genitive singular skafts, nominative plural sköft)
Declension edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
skaft n (definite singular skaftet, indefinite plural skaft or skafter, definite plural skafta or skaftene)
References edit
- “skaft” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
skaft n (definite singular skaftet, indefinite plural skaft, definite plural skafta)
References edit
- “skaft” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Swedish skaft, skapt, from Old Norse skapt, skaft, from Proto-Germanic *skaftaz. Doublet of schakt and skäkta.
Noun edit
skaft n
- a handle, a grip, a shaft (long thin handle, on for example a broom, knife, paintbrush, or pipe)
- a stem (bearing flowers or leaves)
- a shaft (of a feather)
- (music) a stem (vertical stroke of a note)
- a part of a footwear (including socks and the like) that extends up the leg, like a bootleg
- a shaft (of a loom)
Declension edit
Declension of skaft | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | skaft | skaftet | skaft | skaften |
Genitive | skafts | skaftets | skafts | skaftens |
Derived terms edit
- kvastskaft (“bromstick”)
- smartskaft
See also edit
References edit
- skaft in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- skaft in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- skaft in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- skaft in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)