skifta

== Faroese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈʃɪfta] === Verb === skifta (third person singular past indicative skifti, third person plural past indicative skift, supine skift) to change, to exchange skifta klæðir - to change clothes skifta kjøt um fyri epli - to exchange meat for potatoes skifta orð - exchange words skifta sinnalag - change one's mind to divide, to apportion, to distribute skifta grind - to divide up the yield of a pilot whale killing skifta búgv - to administer an estate ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== skifti === See also === broyta umskapa == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === skiftene (of noun) skiftet (of verb) === Noun === skifta n definite plural of skift definite plural of skifte === Verb === skifta inflection of skifte: simple past past participle == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology 1 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈʃɪftɑ/ ==== Noun ==== skifta n definite plural of skift === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /²ʃɪftɑ/ ==== Verb ==== skifta (present tense skifter or skiftar, past tense skifte or skifta, past participle skift or skifta, passive infinitive skiftast, present participle skiftande, imperative skift) alternative form of skifte == Old Frisian == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *skiftijaną. === Verb === skifta to divide to order ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== West Frisian: skifte, skiftsje == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish skipta. === Verb === skifta (present skiftar, preterite skiftade, supine skiftat, imperative skifta) to shift ((continuously) change) to change (with ut (“out”)) to replace, to switch out Synonym: byta ut (often in the present participle "skiftande") to vary Synonym: variera (computing) to shift (especially law) to divide, to distribute Synonym: fördela ==== Usage notes ==== For changing gears, see växla. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== skiftning === References === “skifta”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “skifta”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “skifta”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)