skava

== Latvian == === Noun === skava f (4th declension) clamp staple clip clevis ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== skavot == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === skave === Etymology === From Old Norse skafa. Akin to English shave. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²skɑːʋɑ/ === Verb === skava (present tense skavar or skjev, past tense skava or skov, past participle skava or skave, present participle skavande, imperative skav) to scrape, whittle, cut something finely, e.g. bark off a tree === Further reading === “skava” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Norse skava, from Proto-Germanic *skabaną. === Verb === skava to scrape ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Swedish: skava == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish skava, from Old Norse skafa, from Proto-Germanic *skabaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- (“to scratch”). === Verb === skava (present skaver, preterite skavde, supine skavt, imperative skav) to chafe, to rub, to scrape (figuratively) to not seem right, to be a bother, to gall ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== renskav skoskav ==== Related terms ==== skavning === References === “skava”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “skava”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “skava”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) === Anagrams === vakas, vaska