skilja

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse skilja, from Proto-Germanic *skiljaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH-.

Verb

skilja

  1. to understand
  2. to divide

Conjugation
   Conjugation of skilja
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infinitive skilja
present participle skiljandi
past participle a7/a5 skildur/
skiltur
supine skilt
number singular plural
person first second third all
indicative eg tú hann/hon/tað vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum
present skilji/
skili		 skilur/
skilir		 skilur/
skilir		 skilja
past skildi/
skilti		 skildi/
skilti		 skildi/
skilti		 skildu/
skiltu
imperative – tú – tit
present — skil! — skiljið!

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse skilja, from Proto-Germanic *skiljaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈscɪlja/
  • Rhymes: -ɪlja

Verb

skilja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skildi, supine skilið)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to separate syn.
  2. (transitive, with accusative) to understand syn.
    Ég skil ekki.
    I don't understand.
    Fyrirgefðu, en ég skil ekki frönsku.
    I'm sorry but I don't understand French.
  3. (intransitive) to divorce syn.

Synonyms

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • skilja eftir (to leave something, to leave something behind)
  • skilja ekkert í (to be unable to understand something, make no sense of something)
  • skilja frá (to separate something from something else)
  • skilja hvað klukkan slær
  • skilja mjólkina (to separate milk and cream)
  • skiljast
  • skiljast að (to part, to separate)
  • skilja sundur (to take apart)
  • skilja undan (to make an exception of)
  • skilja við (to die)
  • vera skildir að skiptum (to have nothing to do with someone from now on)

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

skilja n

  1. definite plural of skilje

Etymology 2

From Old Norse skilja

Verb

skilja (present tense skil, past tense skilde, past participle skilt, passive infinitive skiljast, present participle skiljande, imperative skil)

  1. alternative form of skilje

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skiljaną (“to separate, limit”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split, cut”). Compare Old Armenian ցելում (cʿelum). Cognate with Old English scylian, scielian (“to divide, separate”). More at skill.

Verb

skilja

  1. to part, divide, separate
  2. to break off, break up
  3. to part company, take leave
  4. to distinguish, discern
  5. to understand, find out
  6. to decide, settle
  7. to set apart, reserve for one

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

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish skilia, from Old Norse skilja, from Proto-Germanic *skiljaną (“to separate, limit”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split, cut”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɧɪlja/
  • audio(file)

Verb

skilja (present skiljer, preterite skilde or skiljde, supine skilt or skiljt, imperative skilj)

  1. to separate; to cause to be separate
  2. to separate; to divide into separate parts
  3. to tell apart; to discern, to differentiate
  4. to differ; to be different
  5. (reflexive) to divorce; to end one's marriage

Conjugation
Conjugation of skilja (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive skilja skiljas
Present tense skiljer skiljs , skiljes
Past tense skilde skildes
Supine skilt skilts
Imperative skilj —
Present participle skiljande
Past participle skild
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