skela

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اسكله (iskele), from Italian scala.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skêla/
  • Hyphenation: ske‧la

Noun

skȅla f (Cyrillic spelling ске̏ла)

  1. ferry
  2. scaffold

Declension

Declension of skela
singular plural
nominative skȅla skele
genitive skele skȇlā
dative skeli skelama
accusative skelu skele
vocative skelo skele
locative skeli skelama
instrumental skelom skelama

Further reading

  • “skela”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Swedish

Etymology

From Low German schelen, from Middle Low German schēle, from Old Saxon *skelh, from Proto-West Germanic *skelh (“squinting, crooked”).

Verb

skela (present skelar, preterite skelade, supine skelat, imperative skela)

  1. to have the eyes turned in different directions, either deliberately (and temporarily) or due to strabismus
    Synonym: vinda
    Han skelar ― He has a squint
    Han skelar på höger öga ― He has strabismus in the right eye

Conjugation

Conjugation of skela (weak)
active passive
infinitive skela skelas
supine skelat skelats
imperative skela —
imper. plural1 skelen —
present past present past
indicative skelar skelade skelas skelades
ind. plural1 skela skelade skelas skelades
subjunctive2 skele skelade skeles skelades
present participle skelande
past participle —

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

References

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