skerja

Faroese

Alternative forms

(etymological) skerða

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃɛrja]

Verb

skerja (third person singular past indicative skerdi, third person plural past indicative skert, supine skert)

1. to tear, to cut
2. to clip (bird wings)
3. (about dry weather, dryness) to finish

Conjugation

Conjugation of skerja (group v-71)
infinitive	skerja
supine	skert
participle (a7)1	skerjandi	skerdur
	present	past
first singular	skerji	skerdi
second singular	skerjir	skerdi
third singular	skerjir	skerdi
plural	skerja	skerdu
	imperative
singular	skerj!
plural	skerjið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Related terms

• skarð (cut, indentation)

References

• V. U. Hammershaimb: Færøsk Anthologi. Copenhagen 1891, 3rd edition Tórshavn 1991 (vol 2. p. 294 skerða)

Icelandic

Noun

skerja

1. indefinite genitive plural of sker

Old Norse

Noun

skerja

1. indefinite genitive plural of sker