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skúr

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See also: skur, škur, and -skur

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Norse skúr, from Middle Low German schūr.

Noun

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skúr f (genitive singular skúrar, nominative plural skúrir)

  1. rain shower
    Synonyms: demba, regnskúr
Declension
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Declension of skúr (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skúr skúrin skúrir skúrirnar
accusative skúr skúrina skúrir skúrirnar
dative skúr skúrinni skúrum skúrunum
genitive skúrar skúrarinnar skúra skúranna
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Old Norse skúrr.

Noun

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skúr m (genitive singular skúrs, nominative plural skúrar)

  1. shed, shack
Declension
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Declension of skúr (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skúr skúrinn skúrar skúrarnir
accusative skúr skúrinn skúra skúrana
dative skúr skúrnum skúrum skúrunum
genitive skúrs skúrsins skúra skúranna

Anagrams

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Low German schūr, from Proto-Germanic *skūrō, whence also Old English scūr (English shower), Middle Dutch schuur, Old High German scūr, Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍂𐌰 (skūra).

Noun

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skúr f or m

  1. shower (of rain)

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: skúr
  • Faroese: skúrur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skur
  • Old Swedish: skūr
  • Old Danish: skwr, skywr