skata
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French
Verb
skata
- third-person singular past historic of skater
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse skata, possibly related to Old English sceadd (modern English shad), but the ultimate origin of both is obscure.
Pronunciation
Noun
skata f (genitive singular skötu, nominative plural skötur)
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Latvian
Noun
skata m
Verb
skata
- third-person singular/plural present indicative of skatīt
- (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of skatīt
- (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of skatīt
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
skata f sg
Swedish
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Etymology
From Old Swedish skata, from Old Norse skade (“top, tree top”), referencing their long tails, itself possibly related to skaði (“damage”).[1]
Noun
skata c
- Eurasian magpie, Pica pica
- (derogatory) an ill-tempered or unsympathetic woman, especially a middle-aged one; a shrew.
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- skata in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- skata in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- skata in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- ^ Hariharan, G. (2016). Almost Home: Finding a Place in the World from Kashmir to New York. United States: Restless Books, p. 210