skúli

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse skóli, from Proto-Germanic *skōla (“school”), from Late Latin schola, scola (“learned discussion or dissertation, lecture, school”), from Ancient Greek σχολεῖον (scholeion), from σχολή (scholē, “spare time, leisure", later, "conversations and the knowledge gained through them during free time; the places where these conversations took place”), from Proto-Indo-European *seǵhe-, *sǵhē- (“to hold, have, possess”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈskʉulɪ]

Noun

skúli m (genitive singular skúla, plural skúlar)

1. school

Declension

m1	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	skúli	skúlin	skúlar	skúlarnir
Accusative	skúla	skúlan	skúlar	skúlarnar
Dative	skúla	skúlanum	skúlum	skúlunum
Genitive	skúla	skúlans	skúla	skúlanna

Derived terms

• barnaskúli
• fólkaskúli
• fólkaháskúli
• háskúli
• miðnámsskúli