skipti

Icelandic

Noun

skipti n (genitive singular skiptis, nominative plural skipti)

  1. a change, an exchange
  2. a change
    Slæm skipti.
    A change for the worse.
  3. time, as in occurrence
    Synonym: sinn
    Mér gengur betur í þetta skipti.
    I'll do better this time.
    Þú vinnur í hvert skipti!
    You win every time!
  4. division

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)

  1. division, distribution sharing
  2. change
  3. shift
  4. (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

Descendants
  • Icelandic: skipti
  • Swedish: skifte

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