skula

See also: skulą, skuła, and skúla

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse skulu, from Proto-Germanic *skulaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskʊlːa/
• Rhymes: -ʊlːa

Verb

skula (third person singular past indicative skuldi, third person plural past indicative skuldu, supine skulað)

1. shall, to be obliged

Conjugation

Conjugation of skula (irregular)
infinitive	skula
supine	skulað
participle	—	—
	present	past
first singular	skal	skuldi
second singular	skalt	skuldi
third singular	skal	skuldi
plural	skulu/skula	skuldu
	imperative
singular	—!
plural	—!

Gothic

Romanization

skula

1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐌻𐌰

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• skule

Verb

skula (present tense skuler, past tense skulte, past participle skult, passive infinitive skulast, present participle skulande, imperative skul)

1. to scowl; stare at someone or something with a look of displeasure or anger; to frown

Etymology 2

Verb

skula (present tense skal, past tense skulle, past participle skula or skulla)
Before 1959: skula (present tense skal, past tense skulle, past participle skula)
Before 1938: skula (present tense skal, past tense skulde, past participle skula)

1. (pre-1987) alternative form of skulla

References

• “skula” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

• skola, skulu

Etymology

From Old Norse skulu, from Proto-Germanic *skulaną.

Verb

skula

1. to shall, to be obliged

Conjugation

Conjugation of skula (preterite-present)

	present			past
infinitive	skula			—
participle	skulandi			skulit, skulat (n)
active voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	skal	skuli	—	skuldi	skuldi
þū	skalt	skuli	skul	skuldi	skuldi
han	skal	skuli	—	skuldi	skuldi
vīr	skulum	skulum	skulum	skuldum	skuldum
īr	skulin	skulin	skulin	skuldin	skuldin
þēr	skulu	skulin	—	skuldu	skuldin
mediopassive voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	—	—	—	—	—
þū	—	—	—	—	—
han	—	—	—	—	—
vīr	—	—	—	—	—
īr	—	—	—	—	—
þēr	—	—	—	—	—

Descendants

• Swedish: skola

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsku.la/
• Rhymes: -ula
• Syllabification: sku‧la

Verb

skula

1. third-person singular present of skulać (“to lower”)

Verb

skula

1. third-person singular future of skulać (“to roll”)

Swedish

Etymology

Cognate to older Danish skule (“hide, take shelter”). Probably a loan from Middle Low German schulen (“to hide”), compare Dutch schuilen (“to take shelter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²skʉːla/
• Rhymes: -²ʉːla

Verb

skula (present skular, preterite skulade, supine skulat, imperative skula)

1. (Scania) to take shelter from the rain
   • 2013, Teresa Lindstedt, “Medeltiden - inte så trendig”, in Sydsvenskan‎^[1]:

     Strax därefter kom regnet och skrymslen att skula i blev mest populära.

     Shortly thereafter, the rain came and the nooks to hide in became the most popular.

Conjugation

Conjugation of skula (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	skula		skulas
Supine	skulat		skulats
Imperative	skula		—
Imper. plural1	skulen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	skular	skulade	skulas	skulades
Ind. plural1	skula	skulade	skulas	skulades
Subjunctive2	skule	skulade	skules	skulades
	Participles
Present participle	skulande
Past participle	skulad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• skula in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• Lukas, kulas, sluka