skipti

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse skipti.

Noun

skipti n (genitive singular skiptis, nominative plural skipti)

1. a change, an exchange
2. a change

   Slæm skipti.

   A change for the worse.

3. time, as in occurrence

   Synonyms: sinn, sinni

   Mér gengur betur í þetta skipti.

   I'll do better this time.

   Þú vinnur í hvert skipti!

   You win every time!

4. division

Declension

Declension of skipti (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skipti	skiptið	skipti	skiptin
accusative	skipti	skiptið	skipti	skiptin
dative	skipti	skiptinu	skiptum	skiptunum
genitive	skiptis	skiptisins	skipta	skiptanna

Derived terms

• hafa skipti á
• gera til skiptis (“to do something in turns”)
• í hvert skipti
• í þetta skipti
• vera ekki til skiptanna
• hafa skipti af
• til skiptis
• eiga skipti við
• efnaskipti

Further reading

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “skipti”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

Old Norse

Etymology

From skipta (“to change”), from earlier Proto-Germanic *skiftijaną (“to put in order, arrange”).

Noun

skipti n (genitive skiptis)

1. division, distribution sharing
2. change
3. shift
4. (plural only) dealings, transactions, disputes, fights

Declension

Declension of skipti (strong ija-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skipti	skiptit	skipti	skiptin
accusative	skipti	skiptit	skipti	skiptin
dative	skipti	skiptinu	skiptum	skiptunum
genitive	skiptis	skiptisins	skipta	skiptanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: skipti
• Swedish: skifte

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “skipti”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive