skallra
Swedish
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Etymology
[edit]Iterative form of skalla (compare Swedish klappra, Danish klapre), verbal derivative of skall (“clatter”). Inherited from Old Swedish skaldra f, to Old Swedish skald, skal (“clatter”). Old West Norse equivelants are Old Norse skjalla and skella but as secondary senses.
Cognate with Danish skaldre, Norwegian skaldre (“rattle”), dialectal German schällern, schallern.
Noun
[edit]skallra f
- a rattle (baby's toy, musical instrument)
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | skallra | skallras |
| definite | skallran | skallrans | |
| plural | indefinite | skallror | skallrors |
| definite | skallrorna | skallrornas |
Verb
[edit]skallra (present skallrar, preterite skallrade, supine skallrat, imperative skallra)
- to rattle (make a rattling noise)
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | skallra | — | ||
| supine | skallrat | — | ||
| imperative | skallra | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | skallren | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | skallrar | skallrade | — | — |
| ind. plural1 | skallra | skallrade | — | — |
| subjunctive2 | skallre | skallrade | — | — |
| present participle | skallrande | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- skallerorm (“rattlesnake”)
See also
[edit]- skramla (“rattle with harsh or metallic sounds”)
References
[edit]- “skallra”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “skallra”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “skallra”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- skallra in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)