skipti
Icelandic
Noun
skipti n (genitive singular skiptis, nominative plural skipti)
- a change, an exchange
- a change
- Slæm skipti.
- A change for the worse.
- time
- Mér gengur betur í þetta skipti.
- I'll do better this time.
- Þú vinnur í hvert skipti!
- You win every time!
- division
Synonyms
- (time): sinn n
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)
- division, distribution sharing
- change
- shift
- (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 |
References
- skipti in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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