skir

== Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch schuur (“to grind”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈskir/ [ˈskɪr] Rhymes: -ir Syllabification: skir === Verb === skir (imperative skirr, active menskir, ordinary passive diskir) (automotive) to grind a valve == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse skírr. ==== Noun ==== skir alternative form of skyr === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse skíra. ==== Verb ==== skir alternative form of skyren == Swedish == === Etymology === Common Germanic word. === Adjective === skir (comparative skirare, superlative skirast) sheer (thin and delicate (and often more or less transparent), like gauze or gossamer) wispy (of a cloud) (figuratively) delicate, ethereal, etc. (higher register, especially of (light from) a celestial body) clear, shining ==== Declension ==== === Noun === skir n sheer (sheer fabric) (higher register) something sheer, veil-like substance (more generally, for example haze or wispy clouds) ==== Declension ==== === See also === flor === References === “skir”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “skir”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “skir”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) == Yola == === Etymology === A verbal form derived from skee. Cognate with English sky (“to throw a ball extremely high”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /skɪr/ === Verb === skir To rise in the air. === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 68