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skaft

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse skapt, from Proto-Germanic *skaftaz. Cognate with English shaft, German Schaft, Danish skaft.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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skaft n (genitive singular skafts, nominative plural sköft)

  1. shaft
  2. handle, haft
  3. (weaving) beam

Declension

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declension of skaft
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skaft skaftið sköft sköftin
accusative skaft skaftið sköft sköftin
dative skafti skaftinu sköftum sköftunum
genitive skafts skaftsins skafta skaftanna

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse skapt.

Noun

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skaft n (definite singular skaftet, indefinite plural skaft or skafter, definite plural skafta or skaftene)

  1. a handle or shaft
  2. a leg (of a boot, oil platform)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse skapt.

Noun

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skaft n (definite singular skaftet, indefinite plural skaft, definite plural skafta)

  1. a handle or shaft
  2. a leg (of a boot, oil platform)

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Swedish skaft, skapt, from Old Norse skapt, skaft, from Proto-Germanic *skaftaz. Doublet of schakt and skäkta.

Noun

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skaft n

  1. a handle, a grip, a shaft (long thin handle, on for example a broom, knife, paintbrush, or pipe)
  2. a stem (bearing flowers or leaves)
  3. a shaft (of a feather)
  4. (music) a stem (vertical stroke of a note)
  5. a part of a footwear (including socks and the like) that extends up the leg, like a bootleg
  6. a shaft (of a loom)

Declension

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Declension of skaft 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative skaft skaftet skaft skaften
Genitive skafts skaftets skafts skaftens

Derived terms

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