skipan

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse skipan (“order,arrangement”).

A substantivation of skipa (“to arrange”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃiːpan]

Noun

skipan f (genitive singular skipanar, plural skipanir)

  1. arrangement, system

Declension

Declension of skipan
f2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skipan skipanin skipanir skipanirnar
accusative skipan skipanina skipanir skipanirnar
dative skipan skipanini skipanum skipanunum
genitive skipanar skipanarinnar skipana skipananna

Derived terms

  • samskipan
  • blómuskipan

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From skipa (“to unload, ship”) +‎ -an.

Noun

skipan f

  1. order, arrangement
  2. manning of a ship, crew
  3. place, berth
  4. due order, due course, disposition, arrangement
  5. orders
  6. change

References

  • skipan in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Entry "skipan" on page 375 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).
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