skipun

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈscɪːpʏn/

  Rhymes: -ɪːpʏn

Noun

skipun f (genitive singular skipunar, nominative plural skipanir)

1. command, order
2. appointment (the act of appointing an official, etc.)
3. (computing) command

Declension

Declension of skipun (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skipun	skipunin	skipanir	skipanirnar
accusative	skipun	skipunina	skipanir	skipanirnar
dative	skipun	skipuninni	skipunum	skipununum
genitive	skipunar	skipunarinnar	skipana	skipananna

Derived terms

• fjölvaskipun

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• skipan

Etymology

From skipa +‎ -un.

Noun

skipun f (genitive skipanar, plural skipanir)

1. Alternative form of skipan

Declension

Declension of skipun (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skipun	skipunin	skipanir	skipanirnar
accusative	skipun	skipunina	skipanir	skipanirnar
dative	skipun	skipuninni	skipunum	skipununum
genitive	skipanar	skipanarinnar	skipana	skipananna

Further reading

• Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “skipun”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press, page 549