skipti

Icelandic

Noun

skipti n (genitive singular skiptis, nominative plural skipti)

1. a change, an exchange
2. a change

   Slæm skipti.

   A change for the worse.

3. time, as in occurrence

   Synonym: sinn

   Mér gengur betur í þetta skipti.

   I'll do better this time.

   Þú vinnur í hvert skipti!

   You win every time!

4. division

Derived terms

• hafa skipti á
• gera til skiptis (“to do something in turns”)
• í hvert skipti
• í þetta skipti
• vera ekki til skiptanna
• hafa skipti af
• til skiptis
• eiga skipti við
• efnaskipti

Old Norse

Etymology

From skipta (“to change”), from earlier Proto-Germanic *skiftijaną (“to put in order, arrange”).

Noun

skipti n (genitive skiptis)

1. division, distribution sharing
2. change
3. shift
4. (plural only) dealings, transactions, disputes, fights

Declension

  Declension of skipti (strong ija-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skipti	skiptit	skipti	skiptin
accusative	skipti	skiptit	skipti	skiptin
dative	skipti	skiptinu	skiptum	skiptunum
genitive	skiptis	skiptisins	skipta	skiptanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: skipti
• Swedish: skifte

References

• “skipti”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press