skipa

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse skipa.

Pronunciation

Verb

skipa (third person singular past indicative skipaði, third person plural past indicative skipað, supine skipað)

  1. to arrange things
  2. lead the singing of kvæði

Conjugation

Conjugation of skipa (group v-30)
infinitive skipa
supine skipað
present past
first singular skipi skipaði
second singular skipar skipaði
third singular skipar skipaði
plural skipa skipaðu
participle (a6)1 skipandi skipaður
imperative
singular skipa!
plural skipið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Derived terms

  • skipan (arrangement, system)

Gothic

Romanization

skipa

  1. romanization of 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐍀𐌰

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse skipa from Proto-Germanic *skipōną.

Pronunciation

Verb

skipa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skipaði, supine skipað)

  1. to order, command
  2. to arrange
  3. to discharge, unload
  4. to ship, put on board
  5. to appoint
  6. to occupy

Conjugation

skipa – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur skipa
supine sagnbót skipað
present participle
skipandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég skipa skipaði skipi skipaði
þú skipar skipaðir skipir skipaðir
hann, hún, það skipar skipaði skipi skipaði
plural við skipum skipuðum skipum skipuðum
þið skipið skipuðuð skipið skipuðuð
þeir, þær, þau skipa skipuðu skipi skipuðu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú skipa (þú), skipaðu
plural þið skipið (þið), skipiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
skipast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur skipast
supine sagnbót skipast
present participle
skipandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég skipast skipaðist skipist skipaðist
þú skipast skipaðist skipist skipaðist
hann, hún, það skipast skipaðist skipist skipaðist
plural við skipumst skipuðumst skipumst skipuðumst
þið skipist skipuðust skipist skipuðust
þeir, þær, þau skipast skipuðust skipist skipuðust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú skipast (þú), skipastu
plural þið skipist (þið), skipisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
skipaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
skipaður skipuð skipað skipaðir skipaðar skipuð
accusative
(þolfall)
skipaðan skipaða skipað skipaða skipaðar skipuð
dative
(þágufall)
skipuðum skipaðri skipuðu skipuðum skipuðum skipuðum
genitive
(eignarfall)
skipaðs skipaðrar skipaðs skipaðra skipaðra skipaðra
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
skipaði skipaða skipaða skipuðu skipuðu skipuðu
accusative
(þolfall)
skipaða skipuðu skipaða skipuðu skipuðu skipuðu
dative
(þágufall)
skipaða skipuðu skipaða skipuðu skipuðu skipuðu
genitive
(eignarfall)
skipaða skipuðu skipaða skipuðu skipuðu skipuðu

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

skipa n

  1. definite plural of skip

Alternative forms

Verb

skipa

  1. simple past of skipe
  2. past participle of skipe

Alternative forms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

skipa n

  1. definite plural of skip

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skipōną.

Verb

skipa

  1. to arrange, to place in order, to draw up
  2. to put in charge
  3. to take up, to occupy
  4. to assign
  5. to man
  6. to arrange, make ready for
    skipa til búa sína
    to put one's household in order
  7. to change (to cause to change)
    bið hann, at þit skipit máldaga
    ask him to change the bargain
  8. (reflexive) to change (to undergo a change)

Conjugation

Conjugation of skipa — active (weak class 2)
infinitive skipa
present participle skipandi
past participle skipaðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular skipa skipaða skipa skipaða
2nd person singular skipar skipaðir skipir skipaðir
3rd person singular skipar skipaði skipi skipaði
1st person plural skipum skipuðum skipim skipaðim
2nd person plural skipið skipuðuð skipið skipaðið
3rd person plural skipa skipuðu skipi skipaði
imperative present
2nd person singular skipa
1st person plural skipum
2nd person plural skipið
Conjugation of skipa — mediopassive (weak class 2)
infinitive skipask
present participle skipandisk
past participle skipazk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular skipumk skipuðumk skipumk skipuðumk
2nd person singular skipask skipaðisk skipisk skipaðisk
3rd person singular skipask skipaðisk skipisk skipaðisk
1st person plural skipumsk skipuðumsk skipimsk skipaðimsk
2nd person plural skipizk skipuðuzk skipizk skipaðizk
3rd person plural skipask skipuðusk skipisk skipaðisk
imperative present
2nd person singular skipask
1st person plural skipumsk
2nd person plural skipizk

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: skipa
  • Faroese: skipa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skipa, skipe
  • Old Swedish: skepa, skipa
  • Old Danish: skipæ

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “skipa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Swedish

Verb

skipa (present skipar, preterite skipade, supine skipat, imperative skipa)

  1. (in "skipa rättvisa (justice)") to bring about justice (often in a court or the like)
    att ställa de ansvariga inför rätta och skipa rättvisa
    to put those responsible on trial and deliver justice
    Rättvisa har skipats
    Justice has been done

Conjugation

Conjugation of skipa (weak)
active passive
infinitive skipa skipas
supine skipat skipats
imperative skipa
imper. plural1 skipen
present past present past
indicative skipar skipade skipas skipades
ind. plural1 skipa skipade skipas skipades
subjunctive2 skipe skipade skipes skipades
present participle skipande
past participle skipad

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

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