skilja

From Old Norse skilja, from Proto-Germanic *skiljaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH-.

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skilja

1. to understand
2. to divide

skilja

1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰

From Old Norse skilja, from Proto-Germanic *skiljaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈscɪlja/
• Rhymes: -ɪlja

skilja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skildi, supine skilið)

1. (transitive, with accusative) to separate
2. (transitive, with accusative) to understand

   Ég skil ekki.

   I don't understand.

   Fyrirgefðu, en ég skil ekki frönsku.

   I'm sorry but I don't understand French.

3. (intransitive) to divorce

j=j

• (separate): aðskilja
• (understand): botna í, sjá, undirstanda (obsolete)
• (divorce): slíta sambúð

• klisja

From Old Norse skilja, from Proto-Germanic *skiljaną.

• skilje (e-infinitive)

• IPA^(key): /²ʃɪlja/, /²sçɪlja/

skilja (present tense skil, past tense skilde, past participle skilt, passive infinitive skiljast, present participle skiljande, imperative skil)

1. (transitive) to separate
2. (transitive) to divide
3. (reflexive) to differ (frå / from)
4. (reflexive) to divorce

• skiljast

skilja n

1. definite plural of skilje

• “skilja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *skiljaną (“to separate, limit”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split, cut”). Compare Old Armenian ցելում (cʻelum). Cognate with Old English scylian, scielian (“to divide, separate”). More at skill.

skilja

1. to part, divide, separate
2. to break off, break up
3. to part company, take leave
4. to distinguish, discern
5. to understand, find out
6. to decide, settle
7. to set apart, reserve for one

• “skilja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press

From Old Swedish skilia, from Old Norse skilja, from Proto-Germanic *skiljaną (“to separate, limit”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split, cut”).

• IPA^(key): /²ɧɪlja/

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skilja (present skiljer, preterite skilde or skiljde, supine skilt or skiljt, imperative skilj)

1. to separate; to cause to be separate

   skilja agnarna från vetet

   separate the wheat from the chaff

2. (often with på) to tell apart; to discern, to differentiate

   kunna skilja på höger och vänster

   be able to distinguish between right and left

   kunna skilja höger från vänster

   ditto

3. (often with på or åt) to separate, to distinguish (treat as different)

   skilja på två fenomen / skilja två fenomen åt

   separate two phenomena

4. (reflexive, sometimes with åt) to differ; to be different

   Äpplen och päron skiljer sig (åt) på så sätt att de är olika frukter

   Apples and pears differ in that they are different fruits

5. (reflexive) to divorce; to end one's marriage

   Synonym: skiljas

   De bestämde sig för att skilja sig

   They decided to get a divorce

• avskilja
• frånskilja
• skilja åt
• skiljaktig
• skillnad
• skilsmässa
• särskilja
• tills döden skiljer oss åt (“till death do us part”)
• urskilja
• åtskilja
• åtskillnad

• skiljas

• skilja in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• skilja in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• skilja in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)