skeið

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skaiːj/

Etymology 1

From the feminine Old Norse skeið (“warship; sheath; reed, sley”), from Proto-Germanic *skaiþiz.

Noun

skeið f (genitive singular skeiðar, plural skeiðir)

1. spoon

   Synonym: spónur

2. sheath

   Synonyms: slíðrar, váknaskeið

3. (anatomy) vagina

   Synonym: móðurskeið

4. (poetic) ship

   Synonym: skip

Declension

Declension of skeið
f2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skeið	skeiðin	skeiðir	skeiðirnar
accusative	skeið	skeiðina	skeiðir	skeiðirnar
dative	skeið	skeiðini	skeiðum	skeiðunum
genitive	skeiðar	skeiðarinnar	skeiða	skeiðanna

Etymology 2

From the neuter Old Norse skeið (“race; race course; piece of way; space of time”), from Proto-Germanic *skaiþaną (“to separate”).

Alternative forms

• skeiði
• Skaj

Noun

skeið n (genitive singular skeiðs, plural skeið)

1. space of time, period
2. distance
3. (sports, archaic) race
4. (school) course, class

Declension

Declension of skeið
n4	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skeið	skeiðið	skeið	skeiðini
accusative	skeið	skeiðið	skeið	skeiðini
dative	skeið, skeiði	skeiðnum	skeiðum	skeiðunum
genitive	skeiðs	skeiðsins	skeiða	skeiðanna

Derived terms

Derived terms

• ársskeið (“school year, a year's time”)
• blómingarskeið (“bloom”)
• kvøldskeið (“evening class”)
• lívsskeið (“lifetime”)
• námskeið (“course, class”)

• summarskeið (“summer course”)
• tíðarskeið (“time, period”)
• valskeið (“legislative period”)
• æviskeið (“lifetime”)

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sceiːð/ (

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• Rhymes: -eiːð

Etymology 1

From the Old Norse skeið (“a ship, a sheath”), from Proto-Germanic *skaiþiz.

Noun

skeið f (genitive singular skeiðar, nominative plural skeiðar)

1. a spoon
2. a spoonful, a spoon

   Ein skeið af sykri.

   One spoonful of sugar.

   Synonym: skeiðarfylli

3. (in the plural) a scabbard

   Synonym: slíður

4. (anatomy) a vagina

   Synonyms: leggöng, slíður

Derived terms

• skeið- (vaginal)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse skeið (“race; race course; piece of way; space of time”), from Proto-Germanic *skaiþaną (“to separate”).

Noun

skeið n (genitive singular skeiðs, nominative plural skeið)

1. (pertaining to time) a period, a span

   Synonym: tímabil

2. a run

   Synonym: hlaup

3. a race

   Synonym: kapphlaup

4. (gaits, equestrianism) an amble, an easy gait

Derived terms

• flugskeið
• námskeið
• um skeið