ský

See also: sky, Skye, Sky, SKY, -sky, and -ský

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse ský, from Proto-Germanic *skiwją (“cloud, cloud cover”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover, conceal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sciː/

  Rhymes: -iː

Noun

ský n (genitive singular skýs, nominative plural ský)

1. cloud

Declension

Declension of ský (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ský	skýið	ský	skýin
accusative	ský	skýið	ský	skýin
dative	skýi	skýinu	skýjum	skýjunum
genitive	skýs	skýsins	skýja	skýjanna

Derived terms

• skýjaður

Further reading

• “ský” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skiwją (“cloud, cloud cover; sky”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover, conceal”).

Pronunciation

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈskyː/

Noun

ský n (genitive skýs, plural ský)

1. cloud
2. (in the plural) sky

Declension

Declension of ský (strong ja-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ský	skýit	ský	skýin
accusative	ský	skýit	ský	skýin
dative	skýi	skýinu	skýjum	skýjunum
genitive	skýs	skýsins	skýja	skýjanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: ský (“cloud”)
• Faroese: skýggj (“cloud”)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sky f (“cloud”)
• Old Swedish: skȳ (“cloud, sky”)
  • Swedish: sky (“sky, heaven”)
• Old Danish: sky
  • Danish: sky (“cloud”)
    • Norwegian Bokmål: sky m or f (“cloud”)
• → Middle English: sky, skie, ske (“cloud, sky”)
  • English: sky (“sky, (obsolete) cloud”)
  • Scots: sky, skie, skey, ske (“sky”)
  • Yola: skee