skipta

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse skipta, from Proto-Germanic *skiftijaną.

Verb

skipta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skipti, supine skipt)

1. to divide, to partition, to cleave [with dative]

   Ég skal skipta appelsínunni í tvo hluta.

   I'll divide the orange into two parts.

2. to distribute, to divide amongst [with dative]
3. to change [with dative]

   Af hverju skiptir himininn litum?

   Why does the sky change colours?

4. to change, exchange, to swap [with dative]

   Ég skipti gamla bílnum mínum fyrir nýjan.

   I exchanged my old car for a new one.

   Ég skipti krónunum mínum í dollara.

   I converted my krónur to dollars.

5. (impersonal) to matter [with dative]

   Það skiptir engu máli.

   It doesn't matter.

   Það skiptir ekki máli.

   It doesn't matter.

   Það skiptir máli.

   It matters.

   Þeir riðu svo tugum skiptir.

   They rode by the dozens.

   Ég hef ekki séð hana svo mánuðum skiptir.

   I haven't seen her for months on end.

Usage notes

• In the sense skipta máli (“to matter”), when emphasis is added to the word skipta it is the equivalent of adding the auxiliary verb do with emphasis:

  Þetta 'skiptir' máli!

  This 'does' matter!

Conjugation

skipta — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að skipta
supine (sagnbót)		skipt
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		skiptandi
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
indicative (framsöguháttur)	present (nútíð)	skipti	skiptum	skiptir	skiptið	skiptir	skipta
	past (þátíð)	skipti	skiptum	skiptir	skiptuð	skipti	skiptu
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)	present (nútíð)	skipti	skiptum	skiptir	skiptið	skipti	skipti
	past (þátíð)	skipti	skiptum	skiptir	skiptuð	skipti	skiptu
imperative (boðháttur)			skipt			skiptið
		Forms with appended personal pronoun
			skiptu			skiptiði1

¹⁾ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

skiptast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að skiptast
supine (sagnbót)		skipst
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		skiptandist2
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
indicative (framsöguháttur)	present (nútíð)	skiptist	skiptumst	skiptist	skiptist	skiptist	skiptast
	past (þátíð)	skiptist	skiptumst	skiptist	skiptust	skiptist	skiptust
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)	present (nútíð)	skiptist	skiptumst	skiptist	skiptist	skiptist	skiptist
	past (þátíð)	skiptist	skiptumst	skiptist	skiptust	skiptist	skiptust
imperative (boðháttur)			skipst			skiptist
		Forms with appended personal pronoun
			skipstu			skiptisti1

¹⁾ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
²⁾ the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses

skiptur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	skiptur	skipt	skipt	skiptir	skiptar	skipt
accusative (þolfall)	skiptan	skipta	skipt	skipta	skiptar	skipt
dative (þágufall)	skiptum	skiptri	skiptu	skiptum	skiptum	skiptum
genitive (eignarfall)	skipts	skiptrar	skipts	skiptra	skiptra	skiptra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	skipti	skipta	skipta	skiptu	skiptu	skiptu
accusative (þolfall)	skipta	skiptu	skipta	skiptu	skiptu	skiptu
dative (þágufall)	skipta	skiptu	skipta	skiptu	skiptu	skiptu
genitive (eignarfall)	skipta	skiptu	skipta	skiptu	skiptu	skiptu

Derived terms

• ef því er að skipta
• láta hendur skipta
• skipta á milli sín/skipta milli sín
• skipta fyrir
• skipta í tvennt
• skipta sér af (“to interfere, meddle”)
• skipta skapi
• skipta sköpum (“be crucial”)
• skipta við
• skipta um
• skiptast

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse skipta, from Proto-Germanic *skiftijaną.

Verb

skipta

1. to distribute
2. to allot
3. to share
4. to shift, change

Conjugation

Conjugation of skipta (weak)

	present				past
infinitive	skipta				—
participle	skiptandi, skiptande				skipter
active voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative		indicative	subjunctive
iæk	skiptir	skipti, skipte	—		skipti, skipte	skipti, skipte
þū	skiptir	skipti, skipte	skipt		skipti, skipte	skipti, skipte
han	skiptir	skipti, skipte	—		skipti, skipte	skipti, skipte
vīr	skiptum, skiptom	skiptum, skiptom	skiptum, skiptom		skiptum, skiptom	skiptum, skiptom
īr	skiptin	skiptin	skiptin		skiptin	skiptin
þēr	skipta	skiptin	—		skiptu, skipto	skiptin
mediopassive voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative		indicative	subjunctive
iæk	skiptis	skiptis, skiptes	—		skiptis, skiptes	skiptis, skiptes
þū	skiptis	skiptis, skiptes	—		skiptis, skiptes	skiptis, skiptes
han	skiptis	skiptis, skiptes	—		skiptis, skiptes	skiptis, skiptes
vīr	skiptums, skiptoms	skiptums, skiptoms	—		skiptums, skiptoms	skiptums, skiptoms
īr	skiptins	skiptins	—		skiptins	skiptins
þēr	skiptas	skiptins	—		skiptus, skiptos	skiptins

Descendants

• Swedish: skifta