skína

See also: skina

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse skína, from Proto-Germanic *skīnaną.

Verb

skína (third person singular past indicative skein, third person plural past indicative skinu, supine skinið)

1. to shine

Conjugation

Conjugation of skína (group v-35)
infinitive	skína
supine	skinið
participle (a26)1	skínandi	skinin
	present	past
first singular	skíni	skein
second singular	skínur	skeinst
third singular	skínur	skein
plural	skína	skinu
	imperative
singular	skín!
plural	skínið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse skína, from Proto-Germanic *skīnaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsciːna/
• Rhymes: -iːna

Verb

skína (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative skein, third-person plural past indicative skinu, supine skinið)

1. to shine

Conjugation

skína — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að skína
supine (sagnbót)		skinið
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		skínandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég skín	við skínum	present (nútíð)	ég skíni	við skínum
	þú skín	þið skínið		þú skínir	þið skínið
	hann, hún, það skín	þeir, þær, þau skína		hann, hún, það skíni	þeir, þær, þau skíni
past (þátíð)	ég skein	við skinum	past (þátíð)	ég skini	við skinum
	þú skeinst	þið skinuð		þú skinir	þið skinuð
	hann, hún, það skein	þeir, þær, þau skinu		hann, hún, það skini	þeir, þær, þau skinu
imperative (boðháttur)	skín (þú)	skínið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	skíndu	skíniði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

Anagrams

• níska

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skīnaną (“to shine, appear”), from Proto-Indo-European *skai-, *ski-. Cognate with Old English scīnan, Old Frisian skīna, Old Saxon skīnan, Old Dutch skīnan, Old High German skīnan, Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌽 (skeinan).

Verb

skína (singular past indicative skein, plural past indicative skinu, past participle skininn)

1. to shine

Conjugation

Conjugation of skína — active (strong class 1)

infinitive	skína
present participle	skínandi
past participle	skininn
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	skín	skein
2nd-person singular	skínn	skeint
3rd-person singular	skínn	skein
1st-person plural	skínum	skinum
2nd-person plural	skínið	skinuð
3rd-person plural	skína	skinu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	skína	skina
2nd-person singular	skínir	skinir
3rd-person singular	skíni	skini
1st-person plural	skínim	skinim
2nd-person plural	skínið	skinið
3rd-person plural	skíni	skini
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	skín
1st-person plural	skínum
2nd-person plural	skínið

Conjugation of skína — mediopassive (strong class 1)

infinitive	skínask
present participle	skínandisk
past participle	skinizk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	skínumk	skinumk
2nd-person singular	skínsk	skeinzk
3rd-person singular	skínsk	skeinsk
1st-person plural	skínumsk	skinumsk
2nd-person plural	skínizk	skinuzk
3rd-person plural	skínask	skinusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	skínumk	skinumk
2nd-person singular	skínisk	skinisk
3rd-person singular	skínisk	skinisk
1st-person plural	skínimsk	skinimsk
2nd-person plural	skínizk	skinizk
3rd-person plural	skínisk	skinisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	skínsk
1st-person plural	skínumsk
2nd-person plural	skínizk

Descendants

• Danish: skinne
• Faroese: skína
• Icelandic: skína
• Norwegian Bokmål: skinne
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skina
• Swedish: skina