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Saterland Frisian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skɛl/
- Hyphenation: skäl
- Rhymes: -ɛl
Verb
skäl
- first-person singular indicative present of skälle
- third-person singular indicative present of skälle
References
- Marron C. Fort (2015) “skälle”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
Swedish
Etymology
From Low German shel, schele, ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *skiljaną (“to divide, split”).
Pronunciation
Noun
skäl n
- cause, purpose, the reason why something is done
- parting (of roads)
- (weaving) shed (parting of warps)
Usage notes
- In the structure of European Union documents, "preamble (citations and recitals)" is translated with "ingress (beaktandeled och skäl)".
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