skaft

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse skapt, from Proto-Germanic *skaftaz. Cognate with English shaft, German Schaft, Danish skaft.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /skaft/
    • Rhymes: -aft

Noun

skaft n (genitive singular skafts, nominative plural sköft)

  1. shaft
  2. handle, haft
  3. (weaving) beam

Declension
declension of skaft
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skaft skaftið sköft sköftin
accusative skaft skaftið sköft sköftin
dative skafti skaftinu sköftum sköftunum
genitive skafts skaftsins skafta skaftanna

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse skapt

Noun

skaft n (definite singular skaftet, indefinite plural skaft or skafter, definite plural skafta or skaftene)

  1. a handle or shaft
  2. a leg (of a boot, oil platform)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse skapt

Noun

skaft n (definite singular skaftet, indefinite plural skaft, definite plural skafta)

  1. a handle or shaft
  2. a leg (of a boot, oil platform)

References
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