skúr

See also: skur, škur, and -skur

Icelandic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈskuːr/
Rhymes: -uːr

Etymology 1

From Old Norse skúr, from Proto-Germanic *skūrō.

Noun

skúr f (genitive singular skúrar, nominative plural skúrir)

rain shower
Synonyms: demba, regnskúr

Declension

Declension of skúr (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skúr	skúrin	skúrir	skúrirnar
accusative	skúr	skúrina	skúrir	skúrirnar
dative	skúr	skúrinni	skúrum	skúrunum
genitive	skúrar	skúrarinnar	skúra	skúranna

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse skúrr.

Noun

skúr m (genitive singular skúrs, nominative plural skúrar)

shed, shack

Declension

Declension of skúr (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skúr	skúrinn	skúrar	skúrarnir
accusative	skúr	skúrinn	skúra	skúrana
dative	skúr	skúrnum	skúrum	skúrunum
genitive	skúrs	skúrsins	skúra	skúranna

Anagrams

krús

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skūrō, whence also Old English scūr (English shower), Middle Dutch schuur, Old High German scūr, Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍂𐌰 (skūra).

Noun

skúr f

shower (of rain)

Descendants

Icelandic: skúr
Faroese: skúrur
Norwegian Nynorsk: skur
Old Swedish: skūr
- Swedish: skur, skura
Old Danish: skwr, skywr
- Danish: skur, skure
  - Norwegian Bokmål: skur

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