skura
See also: škura
Gothic edit
Romanization edit
skūra
- Romanization of 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍂𐌰
Maltese edit
Adjective edit
skura f
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
skura n
skura m or f
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
skura (present tense skurar, past tense skura, past participle skura, passive infinitive skurast, present participle skurande, imperative skura/skur)
- to scrub (to rub hard)
Synonyms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
skura n
Etymology 3 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
skura f
Further reading edit
- “skura” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old High German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *skūrō (“shelter, shack”).
Noun edit
skūra f
Descendants edit
- Italian: scuro
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain. Cognate of English scour, Danish skure, Norwegian Nynorsk skura, Dutch schuren, German scheuern. Possibly related to German schüren, Old English sċorian.
Verb edit
skura (present skurar, preterite skurade, supine skurat, imperative skura)
- to scrub (a floor or toilet or the like)
- Synonym: skrubba
- ett skurat golv
- a scrubbed floor
- Hans jobb var att skura toaletter
- His job was to scrub toilets
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of skura (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | skura | skuras | ||
Supine | skurat | skurats | ||
Imperative | skura | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | skuren | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | skurar | skurade | skuras | skurades |
Ind. plural1 | skura | skurade | skuras | skurades |
Subjunctive2 | skure | skurade | skures | skurades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | skurande | |||
Past participle | skurad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- skura in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- skura in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- skura in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- skura in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)