skela
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اسكله (iskele), from Italian scala.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
skȅla f (Cyrillic spelling ске̏ла)
Declension edit
Declension of skela
Further reading edit
- “skela” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Low German schelen, from Middle Low German schēle, from Old Saxon *skelh, from Proto-West Germanic *skelh (“squinting, crooked”).
Verb edit
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 edit
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 edit
- skelögd (“having a squint”)