skrá

See also:škraandškŕa

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/skɹɔaː/

  Rhymes:-ɔaː

Etymology 1

FromOld Norseskrá.

Noun

skráf(genitive singularskráar,pluralskráir)

1. list
2. program

Declension

Declension ofskrá
f2 (skrá)	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skrá	skráin	skráir	skráirnar
accusative	skrá	skráina	skráir	skráirnar
dative	skrá	skránni	skráum	skráunum
genitive	skráar	skráarinnar	skráa	skráanna

Derived terms

• dagskrá(TV listing)
• skráseta(to register)
• sjónvarpsskrá(TV program)
• útvarpsskrá(radio program)

Etymology 2

FromDanishskrå(“chewing tobacco”).CompareIcelandicskro.

Noun

skráf(genitive singularskráar,pluralskráir)

1. chewing tobacco,quid

Declension

Declension ofskrá
f2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skrá	skráin	skráir	skráirnar
accusative	skrá	skráina	skráir	skráirnar
dative	skrá	skráini	skráum	skráunum
genitive	skráar	skráarinnar	skráa	skráanna

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/skrauː/

  Rhymes:-auː

Etymology 1

FromOld Norseskrá,fromProto-Germanic*skrahō.

Noun

skráf(genitive singularskrárorskráar,nominative pluralskrár)

1. list,register,file,directory
2. (computing)file

   Synonyms:tölvuskrá,fæll

3. amanuscriptwritten onvellum

   Synonym:skinnbók

4. (archaic)driedskin,parchment

Declension

Declension ofskrá(feminine, based onskrá)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skrá	skráin	skrár	skrárnar
accusative	skrá	skrána	skrár	skrárnar
dative	skrá	skránni	skrám	skránum
genitive	skrár,skráar	skrárinnar,skráarinnar	skráa	skránna

Derived terms

• dagskrá
• efnisskrá
• ferilskrá
• markaskrá
• símaskrá
• tölvuskrá
• þjóðskrá
• sakaskrá

See also

• bókfell

Etymology 2

Noun

skráf(genitive singularskrárorskráar,nominative pluralskrár)

1. doorlock

   Lykillinn stendur ískránni.

   The key is inthe lock.

Declension

Declension ofskrá(feminine, based onskrá)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skrá	skráin	skrár	skrárnar
accusative	skrá	skrána	skrár	skrárnar
dative	skrá	skránni	skrám	skránum
genitive	skrár,skráar	skrárinnar,skráarinnar	skráa	skránna

Derived terms

• skráargat(a keyhole)
• skráarfjöður

Etymology 3

FromOld Norseskrá,from the nounskrá(seeEtymology 1).

Verb

skrá(weak verb,third-person singular past indicativeskráði,supineskráð)

1. (transitive)torecord,write down,note[withaccusative]
2. (transitive)toregister(record in an official register, etc., e.g. a person or a car)[withaccusative]

Conjugation

This verb needs aninflection-table template.

Derived terms

• skrá hjá sér
• skrá sig
• skrá sig inn

Old Norse

Etymology 1

FromProto-Germanic*skrahō(“dry animal skin”),ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*(s)ker-(“to shrink, dry, wrinkle”).

Related to dialectal Norwegianskråen(“half-dried, withered, hard”),Middle Low Germanschra(“dry, lean”).

Noun

skráf

1. driedskin,parchment
2. scroll,writtendocument

Descendants

• Danish:skråc
• Faroese:skráf
• Icelandic:skráf
• Norwegian Bokmål:skråform
• Swedish:skråc(f)

Etymology 2

From the nounskrá(Etymology 1).

Verb

skrá(singular past indicativeskráði,plural past indicativeskráðu,past participleskráðr)

1. towritedown,register

Conjugation

This verb needs aninflection-table template.