skott

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Icelandic[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse skopt (lock of hair, hair from the head) (whence also Nynorsk skoft (tail [of birds])), from Proto-Germanic *skuftą.

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Noun[edit]

skott n (genitive singular skotts, nominative plural skott)

  1. (animals, especially dogs, cats and foxes) a tail
  2. (dress) 18th century Icelandic women's head wear
  3. (automotive) a trunk, a boot, the luggage storage compartment of a car

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Synonyms[edit]

  • (tail): (of a dog or cat) rófa

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Swedish skut, skot, from Proto-Germanic *skutą. Cognate of English shot, German Schoss.

Noun[edit]

skott n

  1. a shot (firing a weapon)
  2. a shoot (on a plant)
  3. a bulkhead (on a ship)

Declension[edit]

Declension of skott 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative skott skottet skott skotten
Genitive skotts skottets skotts skottens

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Verb[edit]

skott

  1. supine of sko

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