skelti

See also: skélti

Faroese

Etymology

From Middle Low German schilt, from Old Saxon skild (“shield, covering”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɛl̥tɪ/

Noun

skelti n (genitive singular skeltis, plural skelti or skeltir)

  1. plate, sign

Declension

Declension of skelti (n24)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skelti skeltið skelti, skeltir skeltini
accusative skelti skeltið skelti, skeltir skeltini
dative skelti skeltnum, skeltinum skeltum skeltunum
genitive skeltis skeltisins skelta skeltanna

Hyponyms

Further reading

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split”).[1]

Verb

skélti (third-person present tense skẽlia, third-person past tense skė́lė)

  1. to crack, split

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), “(s)kel-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 923-27

Further reading

  • “skelti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
  • “skelti”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2025
  • “skelti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.