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

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

• skipun

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

Declension

Declension of skipan (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skipan	skipanin	skipanir	skipanirnar
accusative	skipan	skipanina	skipanir	skipanirnar
dative	skipan	skipaninni	skipunum	skipununum
genitive	skipanar	skipanarinnar	skipana	skipananna

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “skipan”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 374; also available at the Internet Archive