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

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

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	skaft	skafts
	definite	skaftet	skaftets
plural	indefinite	skaft	skafts
	definite	skaften	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)