skrá

See also skrå

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA: /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

• 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

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Icelandic

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /skrauː/

  Rhymes: -auː

Etymology 1

From Old Norse skrá.

Noun

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

1. list, register, file, directory
2. (computing) file
3. a manuscript written on vellum
4. (archaic) dried skin, parchment

Declension

declension of skrá

f-s1	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

• ferilskrá
• tölvuskrá

See also

• bókfell

Synonyms

• (computer file): tölvuskrá, fæll
• (manuscript): skinnbók

Derived terms

• markaskrá
• símaskrá
• þjóðskrá

Etymology 2

Noun

skrá f (genitive singular skráar, plural skrár)

1. door lock

   Lykillinn stendur í skránni.

   The key is in the lock.

Declension

declension of skrá

f-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skrá	skráin	skrár	skrárnar
accusative	skrá	skrána	skrár	skrárnar
dative	skrá	skránni	skrám	skránum
genitive	skráar	skráarinnar	skráa	skránna

Derived terms

• skráargat (a keyhole)
• skráarfjöður

Etymology 3

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, governs the accusative) to record, write down, note
2. (transitive, governs the accusative) to register (record in an official register, etc., e.g. a person or a car)

Derived terms

• skrá hjá sér
• skrá sig
• skrá sig inn

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Old Norse

Etymology 1

Proto-Germanic *skraha or Proto-Germanic *skraho (“dry animal skin”). Related to Norwegian dialect skråen (“half-dried, withered, hard”), Middle Low German schra (“dry, lean”).

Noun

skrá f

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

Descendants

Danish: skrå c Faroese: skrá f Icelandic: skrá f

Norwegian: skrå f Swedish: skrå c (f)

Etymology 2

From the noun skrá (Etymology 1).

Verb

skrá (skráði, skráð)

1. to write down, register