skipun
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈscɪːpʏn/
- Rhymes: -ɪːpʏn
Noun
skipun f (genitive singular skipunar, nominative plural skipanir)
- command, order
- appointment (the act of appointing an official, etc.)
- (computing) command
Declension
| 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
Old Norse
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
skipun f (genitive skipanar, plural skipanir)
- alternative form of skipan
Declension
| 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