skaft

== Danish == === Etymology === From Old Danish skaft, from Old Norse skapt, skaft, from Proto-Germanic *skaftaz. === Noun === skaft n (singular definite skaftet, plural indefinite skafter) a handle, a grip, a shaft (long thin handle, on for example a broom, knife, paintbrush, or pipe) Coordinate term: håndtag (botany) a stem (bearing flowers or leaves) (zoology) a shaft (of a feather) shaft (of the penis) a part of a footwear (including socks and the like) that extends up the leg, like a bootleg a shaft (of a loom) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== skæfte === References === “skaft” in Den Danske Ordbog “skaft” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog == 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) shaft handle, haft (weaving) beam ==== Declension ==== == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse skapt. === Noun === skaft n (definite singular skaftet, indefinite plural skaft or skafter, definite plural skafta or skaftene) a handle or shaft a leg (of a boot, oil platform) === References === “skaft” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse skapt. === Noun === skaft n (definite singular skaftet, indefinite plural skaft, definite plural skafta) a handle or shaft a leg (of a boot, oil platform) === References === “skaft” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Swedish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Swedish skaft, skapt, from Old Norse skapt, skaft, from Proto-Germanic *skaftaz. Doublet of schakt and skäkta. === Noun === skaft n a handle, a grip, a shaft (long thin handle, on for example a broom, knife, paintbrush, or pipe) a stem (bearing flowers or leaves) a shaft (of a feather) (music) a stem (vertical stroke of a note) a part of a footwear (including socks and the like) that extends up the leg, like a bootleg a shaft (of a loom) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== apskaft orv (“snath (the shaft of a scythe)”) === References === “skaft”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “skaft”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “skaft”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) skaft in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)