skotta

See also: skötta

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskɔhta/
  • Rhymes: -ɔhta
  • Hyphenation: skot‧ta

Etymology 1

From Old Norse skotti.[1]

Noun

skotta f (genitive singular skottu, nominative plural skottur)

  1. (folklore) a female ghost
  2. (endearing) little girl
Declension
Declension of skotta (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skotta skottan skottur skotturnar
accusative skottu skottuna skottur skotturnar
dative skottu skottunni skottum skottunum
genitive skottu skottunnar skotta skottanna

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

skotta

  1. indefinite genitive plural of skott

References

  1. ^ Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “skotta”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press, page 555

Further reading

Swedish

Verb

skotta (present skottar, preterite skottade, supine skottat, imperative skotta)

  1. to shovel (snow (or sand or the like), to remove it)
    skotta snö
    shovel snow
  2. to shovel (remove snow (or sand or the like) from)
    skotta uppfarten
    shovel the driveway

Conjugation

Conjugation of skotta (weak)
active passive
infinitive skotta skottas
supine skottat skottats
imperative skotta —
imper. plural1 skotten —
present past present past
indicative skottar skottade skottas skottades
ind. plural1 skotta skottade skottas skottades
subjunctive2 skotte skottade skottes skottades
present participle skottande
past participle skottad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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