skertur
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Past participle of skerða.
Adjective
[edit]skertur
- impaired, reduced
- skertar atvinnuleysisbætur ― a reduction in unemployment compensation
- skert heyrn ― impaired hearing
- (euphemistic, dated) mentally disabled, mentally handicapped
- (offensive, dated) retard, imbecile
Related terms
[edit]- skerðing (“reduction”)
- þroskaskertur (“mentally disabled”)
- sjónskertur
- vitskertur