skela

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اسكله (iskele), from Italian scala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skêla/
• Hyphenation: ske‧la

Noun

skȅla f (Cyrillic spelling ске̏ла)

1. ferry
2. scaffold

Declension

Declension of skela

	singular	plural
nominative	skȅla	skele
genitive	skele	skȇlā
dative	skeli	skelama
accusative	skelu	skele
vocative	skelo	skele
locative	skeli	skelama
instrumental	skelom	skelama

Further reading

• “skela”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Swedish

Etymology

From Low German schelen, from Middle Low German schēle, from Old Saxon *skelh, from Proto-West Germanic *skelh (“squinting, crooked”).

Verb

skela (present skelar, preterite skelade, supine skelat, imperative skela)

1. to have the eyes turned in different directions, either deliberately (and temporarily) or due to strabismus

   Synonym: vinda

   Han skelar ― He has a squint

   Han skelar på höger öga ― He has strabismus in the right eye

Conjugation

Conjugation of skela (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	skela		skelas
supine	skelat		skelats
imperative	skela		—
imper. plural1	skelen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	skelar	skelade	skelas	skelades
ind. plural1	skela	skelade	skelas	skelades
subjunctive2	skele	skelade	skeles	skelades
present participle		skelande
past participle		—

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

Derived terms

• skelögd (“having a squint”)

References

• skela in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• skela in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• skela in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)