skyrta

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Icelandic

Etymology

According to Vladimir Orel from *skurti. Cognate to Old Norse skyrta, Middle Low German schorte (“shirt”). From the same source like Albanian shkurt (“short”) and shkurte (“shirt”); which was probably borrowed from a Germanic language, although unlikely.

Pronunciation

Noun

skyrta f (genitive singular skyrtu, nominative plural skyrtur)

  1. shirt
    Farðu í skyrtuna þína.
    Put your shirt on.
    Þetta er gömul skyrta, þú ættir að kaupa nýja.
    That's an old shirt, you should buy a new one.
    Ég á hvorki skyrtu né bindi, þannig að ég mætti bara í bol.
    I don't have a shirt or a tie, so I showed up just wearing a T-shirt.

Declension

declension of skyrta
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skyrta skyrtan skyrtur skyrturnar
accusative skyrtu skyrtuna skyrtur skyrturnar
dative skyrtu skyrtunni skyrtum skyrtunum
genitive skyrtu skyrtunnar skyrta/skyrtna skyrtanna/skyrtnanna

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “skyrta”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 425

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ.

Noun

skyrta f (genitive skyrtu)

  1. shirt

Declension

  Declension of skyrta (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skyrta skyrtan skyrtur skyrturnar
accusative skyrtu skyrtuna skyrtur skyrturnar
dative skyrtu skyrtunni skyrtum skyrtunum
genitive skyrtu skyrtunnar skyrtna skyrtnanna

Descendants

References

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