skaft

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse skapt, from Proto-Germanic *skaftaz. Cognate with English shaft, German Schaft, Danish skaft.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skaft/
  • Rhymes: -aft

Noun

skaft n (genitive singular skafts, nominative plural sköft)

1. shaft
2. handle, haft
3. (weaving) beam

Declension

declension of skaft

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skaft	skaftið	sköft	sköftin
accusative	skaft	skaftið	sköft	sköftin
dative	skafti	skaftinu	sköftum	sköftunum
genitive	skafts	skaftsins	skafta	skaftanna

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse skapt.

Noun

skaft n (definite singular skaftet, indefinite plural skaft or skafter, definite plural skafta or skaftene)

1. a handle or shaft
2. a leg (of a boot, oil platform)

References

• “skaft” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse skapt.

Noun

skaft n (definite singular skaftet, indefinite plural skaft, definite plural skafta)

1. a handle or shaft
2. a leg (of a boot, oil platform)

References

• “skaft” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish skaft, skapt, from Old Norse skapt, skaft, from Proto-Germanic *skaftaz. Doublet of schakt and skäkta.

Noun

skaft n

1. a handle, a grip, a shaft (long thin handle, on for example a broom, knife, paintbrush, or pipe)
2. a stem (bearing flowers or leaves)
3. a shaft (of a feather)
4. (music) a stem (vertical stroke of a note)
5. a part of a footwear (including socks and the like) that extends up the leg, like a bootleg
6. a shaft (of a loom)

Declension

Declension of skaft
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	skaft	skaftet	skaft	skaften
Genitive	skafts	skaftets	skafts	skaftens

Derived terms

• fyrskaft
• grimskaft
• ha huvudet på skaft
• ha ögonen på skaft
• ha öronen på skaft
• hammarskaft
• klubbskaft
• knivskaft
• krattskaft
• kvastskaft (“broomstick”)
• kängskaft
• lieskaft
• mejselskaft
• moppskaft
• pennskaft
• penselskaft
• per skaft
• pipskaft
• pjäxskaft
• räfsskaft
• skedskaft
• skoskaft
• skyffelskaft
• slevskaft
• släggskaft
• smartskaft
• sockskaft
• spjutskaft
• strumpskaft
• stövelskaft
• treskaft
• träskaft
• tuskaft
• tvåskaft
• yxskaft

 

See also

• apskaft

References

• skaft in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• skaft in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• skaft in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• skaft in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)