skifta

Faroese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʃɪfta]

Verb

skifta (third person singular past indicative skifti, third person plural past indicative skift, supine skift)

  1. to change, to exchange
    skifta klæðir - to change clothes
    skifta kjøt um fyri epli - to exchange meat for potatoes
    skifta orð - exchange words
    skifta sinnalag - change one's mind
  2. to divide, to apportion, to distribute
    skifta grind - to divide up the yield of a pilot whale killing
    skifta búgv - to administer an estate

Conjugation
Conjugation of skifta (group v-9st)
infinitive skifta
supine skift
participle (a5)1 skiftandi skiftur
present past
first singular skifti skifti
second singular skiftir skifti
third singular skiftir skifti
plural skifta skiftu
imperative
singular skift!
plural skiftið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Derived terms

See also

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

skifta n

  1. definite plural of skift
  2. definite plural of skifte

Verb

skifta

  1. inflection of skifte:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɪftɑ/

Noun

skifta n

  1. definite plural of skift

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²ʃɪftɑ/

Verb

skifta (present tense skifter or skiftar, past tense skifte or skifta, past participle skift or skifta, passive infinitive skiftast, present participle skiftande, imperative skift)

  1. Alternative form of skifte

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skiftijaną.

Verb

skifta

  1. to divide
  2. to order

Inflection
Conjugation of skifta (weak class 1)
infinitive skifta
indicative present past
1st person singular skifte skifte
2nd person singular skiftest, skiftst skiftest
3rd person singular skifteth, skiftth skifte
plural skiftath skiften
subjunctive present past
singular skifte skifte
plural skifte, skiften skifte, skiften
imperative present
singular skifte
plural skiftath
participle present past
skiftande eskifted, skifted

Descendants
  • West Frisian: skifte, skiftsje
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