skipa

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse skipa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃiːpa/

Verb

skipa (third person singular past indicative skipaði, third person plural past indicative skipað, supine skipað)

1. to arrange things
2. lead the singing of kvæði

Conjugation

Conjugation of skipa (group v-30)
infinitive	skipa
supine	skipað
participle (a6)1	skipandi	skipaður
	present	past
first singular	skipi	skipaði
second singular	skipar	skipaði
third singular	skipar	skipaði
plural	skipa	skipaðu
	imperative
singular	skipa!
plural	skipið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Derived terms

• skipan (“arrangement, system”)

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Gothic

Romanization

skipa

1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐍀𐌰

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse skipa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [scʰɪːpa]
• Rhymes: -ɪːpa

Verb

skipa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skipaði, supine skipað)

1. (with dative) to order, command
2. (with dative) to arrange
3. (with dative) to discharge, unload
4. (with dative) to ship, put on board
5. (with accusative) to appoint
6. (with accusative) to occupy

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

skipa n

1. definite plural of skip

Alternative forms

• skipene

Verb

skipa

1. simple past of skipe
2. past participle of skipe

Alternative forms

• skipet

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

skipa n

1. definite plural of skip

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Old Norse

Verb

skipa

1. (transitive, with dative) to arrange, to place in order, to draw up
2. (transitive, with accusative) to take up, occupy
3. (ditransitive, with dative and accusative) to assign a thing to someone
4. (ditransitive, with dative and accusative) to man (with)
5. (with til + genitive) to arrange, make ready for

   skipa til búa sína

   to put one's household in order

6. to change

   bið hann, at þit skipit máldaga

   ask him to change the bargain

7. (reflexive)

Conjugation

Conjugation of skipa — active (weak class 2)

infinitive	skipa
present participle	skipandi
past participle	skipaðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	skipa	skipaða
2nd-person singular	skipar	skipaðir
3rd-person singular	skipar	skipaði
1st-person plural	skipum	skipuðum
2nd-person plural	skipið	skipuðuð
3rd-person plural	skipa	skipuðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	skipa	skipaða
2nd-person singular	skipir	skipaðir
3rd-person singular	skipi	skipaði
1st-person plural	skipim	skipaðim
2nd-person plural	skipið	skipaðið
3rd-person plural	skipi	skipaði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	skipa
1st-person plural	skipum
2nd-person plural	skipið

Conjugation of skipa — mediopassive (weak class 2)

infinitive	skipask
present participle	skipandisk
past participle	skipazk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	skipumk	skipuðumk
2nd-person singular	skipask	skipaðisk
3rd-person singular	skipask	skipaðisk
1st-person plural	skipumsk	skipuðumsk
2nd-person plural	skipizk	skipuðuzk
3rd-person plural	skipask	skipuðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	skipumk	skipuðumk
2nd-person singular	skipisk	skipaðisk
3rd-person singular	skipisk	skipaðisk
1st-person plural	skipimsk	skipaðimsk
2nd-person plural	skipizk	skipaðizk
3rd-person plural	skipisk	skipaðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	skipask
1st-person plural	skipumsk
2nd-person plural	skipizk

Derived terms

• skipan f

Descendants

• Faroese: skipa
• Icelandic: skipa
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skipa, skipe

References

• “skipa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press