skotta

See also: skötta

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɔhta/
• Rhymes: -ɔhta
• Hyphenation: skot‧ta

Etymology 1

From Old Norse skotti.

Noun

skotta f (genitive singular skottu, nominative plural skottur)

1. (folklore) a female ghost
2. (endearing) little girl

Declension

Declension of skotta (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skotta	skottan	skottur	skotturnar
accusative	skottu	skottuna	skottur	skotturnar
dative	skottu	skottunni	skottum	skottunum
genitive	skottu	skottunnar	skotta	skottanna

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

skotta

1. indefinite genitive plural of skott

Further reading

• “skotta” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Swedish

Verb

skotta (present skottar, preterite skottade, supine skottat, imperative skotta)

1. to shovel (snow (or sand or the like), to remove it)

   skotta snö

   shovel snow

2. to shovel (remove snow (or sand or the like) from)

   skotta uppfarten

   shovel the driveway

Conjugation

Conjugation of skotta (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	skotta		skottas
supine	skottat		skottats
imperative	skotta		—
imper. plural1	skotten		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	skottar	skottade	skottas	skottades
ind. plural1	skotta	skottade	skottas	skottades
subjunctive2	skotte	skottade	skottes	skottades
present participle		skottande
past participle		skottad

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

Related terms

• skottning

See also

• röja
• skott
• skyffla
• snöröjning
• snöskyffel
• snösläde

References

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

Anagrams

• kostat