sky

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English[edit]

A blue sky

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English, from Old Norse ský (“cloud”), from Proto-Germanic *skiwją, *skiwô (“cloud, cloud cover, haze”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)k(')ew-, *(s)keu- (“sky, cloud”). Cognate with Old English scēo (“cloud”), Old Saxon scio, skio, skeo (“light cloud cover”), Old Irish cēo (“sky”), Irish ceo (“mist, fog”). Also related to Old English scūa (“shadow, darkness”), Latin obscūrus (“dark, shadowy”), Sanskrit  (skunāti, “he covers”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

sky (plural skies)

  1. (obsolete) A cloud.
  2. The atmosphere above a given point, especially as visible from the ground during the day.
    That year, a meteor fell from the sky.
  3. The part of the sky which can be seen from a specific place or at a specific time; its condition, climate etc.
    I lay back under a warm Texas sky.
    We're not sure how long the cloudy skies will last.
  4. Heaven.
    This mortal has incurred the wrath of the skies.

Usage notes[edit]

Usually the word can be used correctly in either the singular or plural form, but the plural is now mainly poetic.

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

atmosphere above a point
specific view, condition
heaven
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Verb[edit]

sky (third-person singular simple present skies, present participle skying, simple past and past participle skied or skyed)

  1. (sports) to hit, kick or throw (a ball) extremely high.
    • 2011 January 22, Ian Hughes, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Wigan”, BBC:
      Van Persie skied a penalty, conceded by Gary Caldwell who was sent off, and also hit the post before scoring his third with a shot at the near post.
  2. (colloquial, dated) To hang (a picture on exhibition) near the top of a wall, where it cannot be well seen.
    • The Century
      Brother Academicians who skied his pictures.

Statistics[edit]

Danish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Possibly from Middle Low German schūwe, schū.

Adjective[edit]

sky (inflexible)

  1. shy
Synonyms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse ský.

Noun[edit]

sky c (singular definite skyen, plural indefinite skyer)

  1. cloud
Inflection[edit]
    Inflection of sky
common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative sky skyen skyer skyerne
genitive skys skyens skyers skyernes

Etymology 3[edit]

From French jus, from Latin ius (“gravy, broth, sauce”).

Noun[edit]

sky c (singular definite skyen, not used in plural form)

  1. gravy, stock (a kind of soup)
  2. jelly (made of gravy)

Etymology 4[edit]

Possibly from Middle Low German schūwen.

Verb[edit]

sky (imperative sky, present skyr or skyer, past skyede, past participle skyet)

  1. To shun

Norwegian[edit]

Adjective[edit]

sky

  1. shy

Inflection[edit]

    Inflection of sky
Bokmål Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Masculine singular sky skye Comparative skyere Superlative skyest skyeste
Feminine singular sky skye
Neuter singular sky skye
Plural skye skye
Nynorsk Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Masculine singular sky skye Comparative skyare Superlative skyast skyaste
Feminine singular sky skye
Neuter singular sky skye
Plural skye skye

Synonyms[edit]

Noun[edit]

sky

  1. cloud

Inflection[edit]

    Inflection of sky
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Bokmål f sky skya skyer skyene
Bokmål m sky skyen skyer skyene
Nynorsk f sky skya [skyi] skyer skyene

Verb[edit]

sky

  1. despise

Conjugation[edit]

    Conjugation of sky in Bokmål
Infinitive active sky
Infinitive passive skys
Present active skyr
Present passive skys
Past skydde
Present participle skyende
Past participle skydd
Imperative sky
    Conjugation of sky in Nynorsk
Infinitive active sky
Infinitive passive skyast
Present skyr
Past skydde
Present participle skyande
Past participle skydd/skytt
Imperative sky

Scots[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse ský.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

sky (plural skies)

  1. sky
    It's a fair braw sky we'v got the nicht. It's quite a beautiful sky we've got tonight.
  2. daylight (especially at dawn)
    A wis up afore the sky. I was up before sunrise.
  3. skyline, outline against the sky (especially of a hill)
    He saw the sky o a hill awa tae the west. He saw the outline of a hill in the west.

Derived terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

tae sky (third-person singular simple present skies, present participle skies, simple past skyin, past participle skiet)

  1. (of weather) to clear up
  2. to shade the eyes with the hand (so as to see better)
  3. to hold up to the light and examine

Swedish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Compare English sky.

Noun[edit]

sky c (pl skyar, def sing skyn, def pl skyarna)

  1. (countable) heaven
  2. (countable) sky
  3. (countable) cloud

Etymology 2[edit]

Corrupted from the French jus.

Noun[edit]

sky

  1. (uncountable, cooking) The liquid that remains in a frying pan after the fried meat is ready.

Etymology 3[edit]

From Middle Low German schǖwen.

Verb[edit]

sky

  1. avoid due to fear or disgust, shun
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