skipti
Icelandic
editEtymology
editNoun
editskipti n (genitive singular skiptis, nominative plural skipti)
- a change, an exchange
- a change
- Slæm skipti.
- A change for the worse.
- time, as in occurrence
- Synonyms: sinn, sinni
- Mér gengur betur í þetta skipti.
- I'll do better this time.
- Þú vinnur í hvert skipti!
- You win every time!
- division
Declension
editDerived terms
edit- 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
Further reading
edit- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “skipti”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
Old Norse
editEtymology
editFrom skipta (“to change”), from earlier Proto-Germanic *skiftijaną (“to put in order, arrange”).
Noun
editskipti n (genitive skiptis)
- division, distribution sharing
- change
- shift
- (plural only) dealings, transactions, disputes, fights
Declension
edit Declension of skipti (strong ija-stem)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “skipti”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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