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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Norwegian Nynorsk skeiv, from Old Norse skeifr.
Adjective
skeiv (masculine and feminine skeiv, neuter skeivt, definite singular and plural skeive, comparative skeivere, indefinite superlative skeivest, definite superlative skeiveste)
- alternative form of skjev
- queer (not heterosexual)
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse skeifr, from Proto-Germanic *skaibaz (“crooked”), of disputed ultimate origin. Perhaps from the same source as Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“frightened, shy”). Another possibility is Proto-Indo-European *skeh₂iwos, the source of Latin scaevus (“on the left side”).
Cognates include Faroese skeivur, Icelandic skeifur, Swedish skev (< Old Swedish skēver), Danish skæv (> Norwegian Bokmål skjev), Middle Low German schêf, German schief, Dutch scheef, Old English *sc(e)āf (in scāffōt). See also English skew.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃɛɪːv/, , /sçɛɪːv/, ,
Adjective
skeiv (comparative skeivare, superlative skeivast)
- slanting, crooked, askew, oblique (not straight)
Hylla er skeiv.- The shelf is crooked.
- skewed
Han gav ei skeiv framstilling.- He gave a skewed presentation.
- queer (not heterosexual)
Declension
Declension of skeiv
1: Pre-1901 or dialectal.
References
- “skeiv” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “skeiv” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring