skyskrapa
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Calque of English skyscraper, from sky + skrapa.
Noun edit
skyskrapa c
- (architecture) skyscraper (tall building)
- (nautical, archaic) skyscraper (small sail atop a mast)
- 1850 August 13, “Landsorts-tidningar, Wisby [Non-capital newspapers, Visby]”, in Post- och Inrikes Tidningar, page 2:
- Sistlidne Fredag gaf den sydliga vinden, som då började blåsa med laber kultie signalen till skådespelets början; dagen derpå defilerade i prydlig ordning en svärm af seglare omkring 40 à 50 tre- och två-mastare, många i full skrud, med läsegel och skyskrap!
- Last Friday, the southern wind, which began to blow gently, gave the signal for the start of the spectacle; the next day, a swarm of sailboats, around 40 to 50 three- and two-masters, paraded in orderly fashion, many in full regalia, with studding sails and skyscrapers!
Declension edit
| Declension of skyskrapa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | skyskrapa | skyskrapan | skyskrapor | skyskraporna |
| Genitive | skyskrapas | skyskrapans | skyskrapors | skyskrapornas |