skissa

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈscɪsːa/

  Rhymes: -ɪsːa

  Homophone: skyssa

Etymology 1

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Noun

skissa f (genitive singular skissu, nominative plural skissur)

1. sketch
2. error, mistake

Declension

Declension of skissa (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skissa	skissan	skissur	skissurnar
accusative	skissu	skissuna	skissur	skissurnar
dative	skissu	skissunni	skissum	skissunum
genitive	skissu	skissunnar	skissa	skissanna

Etymology 2

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Verb

skissa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skissaði, supine skissað)

1. to sketch

Conjugation

skissa – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að skissa
supine sagnbót		skissað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		skissandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	skissa	skissaði		skissi	skissaði
	þú	skissar	skissaðir		skissir	skissaðir
	hann, hún, það	skissar	skissaði		skissi	skissaði
plural	við	skissum	skissuðum		skissum	skissuðum
	þið	skissið	skissuðuð		skissið	skissuðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	skissa	skissuðu		skissi	skissuðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	skissa (þú), skissaðu
plural	þið	skissið (þið), skissiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

skissaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	skissaður	skissuð	skissað	skissaðir	skissaðar	skissuð
accusative (þolfall)	skissaðan	skissaða	skissað	skissaða	skissaðar	skissuð
dative (þágufall)	skissuðum	skissaðri	skissuðu	skissuðum	skissuðum	skissuðum
genitive (eignarfall)	skissaðs	skissaðrar	skissaðs	skissaðra	skissaðra	skissaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	skissaði	skissaða	skissaða	skissuðu	skissuðu	skissuðu
accusative (þolfall)	skissaða	skissuðu	skissaða	skissuðu	skissuðu	skissuðu
dative (þágufall)	skissaða	skissuðu	skissaða	skissuðu	skissuðu	skissuðu
genitive (eignarfall)	skissaða	skissuðu	skissaða	skissuðu	skissuðu	skissuðu

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

skissa f (genitive singular skissu, no plural)

1. (regional) diarrhoea
2. (regional) a slight illness

Declension

Declension of skissa (sg-only feminine)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	skissa	skissan
accusative	skissu	skissuna
dative	skissu	skissunni
genitive	skissu	skissunnar

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• skissen

Noun

skissa m or f

1. definite feminine singular of skisse

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

skissa f

1. definite singular of skisse

Swedish

Etymology

skiss +‎ -a, possibly clipping of skissera.

Verb

skissa (present skissar, preterite skissade, supine skissat, imperative skissa)

1. sketch, outline, draft

Conjugation

Conjugation of skissa (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	skissa		skissas
supine	skissat		skissats
imperative	skissa		—
imper. plural1	skissen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	skissar	skissade	skissas	skissades
ind. plural1	skissa	skissade	skissas	skissades
subjunctive2	skisse	skissade	skisses	skissades
present participle		skissande
past participle		skissad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

• skissera

Related terms

• skiss

References

• “skissa”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “skissa”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “skissa”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)