skrika

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Icelandic

Verb

skrika (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skrikaði, supine skrikað)

  1. to skid, to slide

Conjugation

skrika — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að skrika
supine
(sagnbót) 		skrikað
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		skrikandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég skrika við skrikum present
(nútíð) 		ég skriki við skrikum
þú skrikar þið skrikið þú skrikir þið skrikið
hann, hún, það skrikar þeir, þær, þau skrika hann, hún, það skriki þeir, þær, þau skriki
past
(þátíð) 		ég skrikaði við skrikuðum past
(þátíð) 		ég skrikaði við skrikuðum
þú skrikaðir þið skrikuðuð þú skrikaðir þið skrikuðuð
hann, hún, það skrikaði þeir, þær, þau skrikuðu hann, hún, það skrikaði þeir, þær, þau skrikuðu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		skrika (þú) skrikið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
skrikaðu skrikiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

skrika n

  1. definite plural of skrik

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Alternative forms

  • skrike (e-infinitive)
  • skrik (Trøndelag dialect, apocope)

Pronunciation

Verb

skrika (present tense skrik, past tense skreik, supine skrike, past participle skriken, present participle skrikande, imperative skrik)

  1. (intransitive) to scream
    • 1734, “LAnte oster Kraakelund”, in Den fyrste morgonblånen, Oslo: Novus, published 1990, page 38:
      æg ropte og skreik paa vor herre.
      I shouted and cried for our Lord.
  2. (intransitive, Trøndelag) to cry, weep loudly
Derived terms

Noun

skrika f

  1. definite singular of skrike

skrika f

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of skrike

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskriːçɑ/, /ˈskriːkɑ/

Noun

skrika n

  1. definite plural of skrik

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse skríkja, from Proto-Germanic *skrīkijaną. Cognate to English shriek/skrike and German schreien.

Pronunciation

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Verb

skrika (present skriker, preterite skrek, supine skrikit, imperative skrik)

  1. to scream, to yell, to shout
    Varför skriker du?
    Why are you shouting?

Conjugation

Conjugation of skrika (class 1 strong)
Active Passive
Infinitive skrika skrikas
Supine skrikit skrikits
Imperative skrik —
Imper. plural1 skriken —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative skriker skrek skriks, skrikes skreks
Ind. plural1 skrika skreko skrikas skrekos
Subjunctive2 skrike skreke skrikes skrekes
Participles
Present participle skrikande
Past participle skriken
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

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See also

Further reading

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