skrá

See also: škra and škŕa

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skɹɔaː/

  Rhymes: -ɔaː

Etymology 1

From Old Norse skrá.

Noun

skrá f (genitive singular skráar, plural skráir)

1. list
2. program

Declension

f2 (skrá)	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skrá	skráin	skráir	skráirnar
accusative	skrá	skráina	skráir	skráirnar
dative	skrá	skránni	skráum	skráunum
genitive	skráar	skráarinnar	skráa	skráanna

Derived terms

• dagskrá (TV listing)
• skráseta (to register)
• sjónvarpsskrá (TV program)
• útvarpsskrá (radio program)

Etymology 2

From Danish skrå (“chewing tobacco”). Compare Icelandic skro.

Noun

skrá f (genitive singular skráar, plural skráir)

1. chewing tobacco, quid

Declension

f2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skrá	skráin	skráir	skráirnar
accusative	skrá	skráina	skráir	skráirnar
dative	skrá	skráini	skráum	skráunum
genitive	skráar	skráarinnar	skráa	skráanna

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skrauː/

  Rhymes: -auː

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse skrá, from Proto-Germanic *skrahō.

Noun

skrá f (genitive singular skrár or skráar, nominative plural skrár)

1. list, register, file, directory
2. (computing) file

   Synonyms: tölvuskrá, fæll

3. a manuscript written on vellum

   Synonym: skinnbók

4. (archaic) dried skin, parchment

Declension

Declension of skrá (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skrá	skráin	skrár	skrárnar
accusative	skrá	skrána	skrár	skrárnar
dative	skrá	skránni	skrám	skránum
genitive	skrár, skráar	skrárinnar, skráarinnar	skráa	skránna

Derived terms

• dagskrá
• efnisskrá
• ferilskrá
• markaskrá
• símaskrá
• tölvuskrá
• þjóðskrá
• sakaskrá

See also

• bókfell

Etymology 2

Noun

skrá f (genitive singular skrár or skráar, nominative plural skrár)

1. door lock

   Lykillinn stendur í skránni.

   The key is in the lock.

Declension

Declension of skrá (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skrá	skráin	skrár	skrárnar
accusative	skrá	skrána	skrár	skrárnar
dative	skrá	skránni	skrám	skránum
genitive	skrár, skráar	skrárinnar, skráarinnar	skráa	skránna

Derived terms

• skráargat (“a keyhole”)
• skráarfjöður

Etymology 3

Inherited from Old Norse skrá, from the noun skrá (see Etymology 1).

Verb

skrá (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skráði, supine skráð)

1. (transitive) to record, write down, note [with accusative]
2. (transitive) to register (record in an official register, etc., e.g. a person or a car) [with accusative]

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• skrá hjá sér
• skrá sig
• skrá sig inn

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *skrahō (“dry animal skin”), of uncertain origin, though possibly a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to shrink, dry, wrinkle, bend”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Pokorny reference doesn't point to correct section - this should be fixed.”) Related to dialectal Norwegian skråen (“half-dried, withered, hard”), Middle Low German schra (“dry, lean”), Proto-Finnic *raha (“squirrel pelt; money”). Note in particular similarities to Proto-Germanic *skrinkwaną (“to shrink”).

Noun

skrá f

1. dried skin, parchment
2. scroll, written document

Descendants

• Danish: skrå c
• Faroese: skrá f
• Icelandic: skrá f
• Norwegian Bokmål: skrå f or m
• Swedish: skrå c (f)

Etymology 2

From the noun skrá (Etymology 1).

Verb

skrá (singular past indicative skráði, plural past indicative skráðu, past participle skráðr)

1. to write down, register

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.