skela

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اسكله (iskele), from Italian scala.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /skêla/
Hyphenation: ske‧la

Noun

skȅla f (Cyrillic spelling ске̏ла)

Declension

Declension of skela

	singular	plural
nominative	skȅla	skele
genitive	skele	skȇlā
dative	skeli	skelama
accusative	skelu	skele
vocative	skelo	skele
locative	skeli	skelama
instrumental	skelom	skelama

Further reading

“skela” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

Etymology

From Low German schelen, from Middle Low German schēle, from Old Saxon *skelh, from Proto-West Germanic *skelh (“squinting, crooked”).

Verb

skela (present skelar, preterite skelade, supine skelat, imperative skela)

to have the eyes turned in different directions, either deliberately (and temporarily) or due to strabismus
Synonym: vinda

Han skelar ― He has a squint

Han skelar på höger öga ― He has strabismus in the right eye

Conjugation

Conjugation of skela (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	skela		skelas
Supine	skelat		skelats
Imperative	skela		—
Imper. plural¹	skelen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	skelar	skelade	skelas	skelades
Ind. plural¹	skela	skelade	skelas	skelades
Subjunctive²	skele	skelade	skeles	skelades
	Participles
Present participle	skelande
Past participle	—
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

skelögd (“having a squint”)

References

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