skafa

See also: skäfä and şkafa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse skafa, from Proto-Germanic *skabaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- (“to scratch”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈskaːva/
    Rhymes: -aːva

Verb

skafa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative skóf, third-person plural past indicative skófu, supine skafið)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to scrape, to scratch off
  2. (transitive, with accusative) to pare
  3. (impersonal, of snow) to drift

Conjugation
skafa — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur)		 að skafa
supine
(sagnbót)		 skafið
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		 skafandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur)		 subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð)		 ég skef við sköfum present
(nútíð)		 ég skafi við sköfum
þú skefur þið skafið þú skafir þið skafið
hann, hún, það skefur þeir, þær, þau skafa hann, hún, það skafi þeir, þær, þau skafi
past
(þátíð)		 ég skóf við skófum past
(þátíð)		 ég skæfi við skæfum
þú skófst þið skófuð þú skæfir þið skæfuð
hann, hún, það skóf þeir, þær, þau skófu hann, hún, það skæfi þeir, þær, þau skæfu
imperative
(boðháttur)		 skaf (þú) skafið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
skafðu skafiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
skafast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur)		 að skafast
supine
(sagnbót)		 skafist
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		 skafandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur)		 subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð)		 ég skefst við sköfumst present
(nútíð)		 ég skafist við sköfumst
þú skefst þið skafist þú skafist þið skafist
hann, hún, það skefst þeir, þær, þau skafast hann, hún, það skafist þeir, þær, þau skafist
past
(þátíð)		 ég skófst við skófumst past
(þátíð)		 ég skæfist við skæfumst
þú skófst þið skófust þú skæfist þið skæfust
hann, hún, það skófst þeir, þær, þau skófust hann, hún, það skæfist þeir, þær, þau skæfust
imperative
(boðháttur)		 skafst (þú) skafist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
skafstu skafisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
skafinn — 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)		 skafinn skafin skafið skafnir skafnar skafin
accusative
(þolfall)		 skafinn skafna skafið skafna skafnar skafin
dative
(þágufall)		 sköfnum skafinni sköfnu sköfnum sköfnum sköfnum
genitive
(eignarfall)		 skafins skafinnar skafins skafinna skafinna skafinna
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)		 masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)		 skafni skafna skafna sköfnu sköfnu sköfnu
accusative
(þolfall)		 skafna sköfnu skafna sköfnu sköfnu sköfnu
dative
(þágufall)		 skafna sköfnu skafna sköfnu sköfnu sköfnu
genitive
(eignarfall)		 skafna sköfnu skafna sköfnu sköfnu sköfnu

Noun

skafa f (genitive singular sköfu, nominative plural sköfur)

  1. scraper

Declension
declension of skafa
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skafa skafan sköfur sköfurnar
accusative sköfu sköfuna sköfur sköfurnar
dative sköfu sköfunni sköfum sköfunum
genitive sköfu sköfunnar skafa skafanna

Synonyms
  • skefill

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skabaną.

Verb

skafa

  1. to scrape with a blunt instrument
  2. to shave so as to make smooth
  3. to shave

Conjugation
Conjugation of skafa — active (strong class 6)
infinitive skafa
present participle skafandi
past participle skafinn
indicative present past
1st-person singular skef skóf
2nd-person singular skefr skóft
3rd-person singular skefr skóf
1st-person plural skǫfum skófum
2nd-person plural skafið skófuð
3rd-person plural skafa skófu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular skafa skœfa
2nd-person singular skafir skœfir
3rd-person singular skafi skœfi
1st-person plural skafim skœfim
2nd-person plural skafið skœfið
3rd-person plural skafi skœfi
imperative present
2nd-person singular skaf
1st-person plural skǫfum
2nd-person plural skafið
Conjugation of skafa — mediopassive (strong class 6)
infinitive skafask
present participle skafandisk
past participle skafizk
indicative present past
1st-person singular skǫfumk skófumk
2nd-person singular skefsk skófzk
3rd-person singular skefsk skófsk
1st-person plural skǫfumsk skófumsk
2nd-person plural skafizk skófuzk
3rd-person plural skafask skófusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular skǫfumk skœfumk
2nd-person singular skafisk skœfisk
3rd-person singular skafisk skœfisk
1st-person plural skafimsk skœfimsk
2nd-person plural skafizk skœfizk
3rd-person plural skafisk skœfisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular skafsk
1st-person plural skǫfumsk
2nd-person plural skafizk

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