sky

== Translingual == === Symbol === sky (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Sikaiana. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Sikaiana terms == English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: skī, IPA(key): /skaɪ/ Homophones: Sky, Skye Rhymes: -aɪ === Etymology 1 === The noun is derived from Middle English sky (“sky; cloud; mist”), also spelled ski, skie, [and other forms], from Old Norse ský (“cloud”), from Proto-Germanic *skiwją (“cloud; sky”), from *skiwô (“cloud; cloud cover, haze; sky”) (whence Old English sċēo (“cloud”) and Middle English skew (“air; sky; (rare) cloud”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover; to conceal, hide”). Partly displaced Old English heofon, which survives in the reflex heaven, still sometimes used in the sense of sky, but usually in high or poetic register. The verb is derived from the noun. ==== Noun ==== sky (plural skies) The atmosphere above a given point, especially as visible from the surface of the Earth as the place where the sun, moon, stars, and clouds are seen. Synonyms: blue, firmament, heaven, (chiefly Scotland) lift, (literary or poetic, archaic) welkin With a descriptive word: the part of the sky which can be seen from a specific place or at a specific time; its climate, condition, etc. (chiefly literary and poetic, archaic) Usually preceded by the: the abode of God or the gods, angels, the souls of deceased people, etc.; heaven; also, powers emanating from heaven. Ellipsis of sky blue. (mathematics, theoretical physics) The set of all lightlike lines (or directions) passing through a given point in space-time. Synonym: celestial sphere (obsolete, informal, rare) In an art gallery: the upper rows of pictures that cannot easily be seen; also, the place where such pictures are hung. (obsolete) A cloud. [13th–16th c.] ===== Usage notes ===== In the sense of the firmament, the plural is now mainly literary. ===== Alternative forms ===== skie (obsolete) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== sky (third-person singular simple present skies, present participle skying, simple past and past participle skied or skyed) (transitive) (informal) To drink (a beverage) from a container without one's lips touching the container. (informal, dated) To hang (a picture on exhibition) near the top of a wall, where it cannot easily be seen; (by extension) to put (something) in an undesirable place. Antonym: floor (slang, dated) To toss (something) upwards; specifically, to flip (a coin). (sports) To clear (a high jump bar, hurdle, etc.) by a large margin. (ball games) To hit, kick, or throw (a ball) extremely high. (soccer) To miss a goal by kicking the ball over the crossbar. (obsolete) To raise (the price of an item on auction, or the level of the bids generally) by bidding high. (intransitive) To move quickly, as if by flying; to fly; also, to escape, to flee (especially by airplane). (sports) (ball games) To hit, kick, or throw a ball extremely high. (rowing) To raise an oar too high above the water. ===== Derived terms ===== sky the towel, sky the wipe (chiefly Australia) ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Volsci (“a tribe who opposed the Romans”). ==== Noun ==== sky (plural skies) (UK, slang, obsolete, Westminster School) A disagreeable person; an enemy. === References === === Further reading === sky on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === KYS, YKS, YSK, Yks., kys == Danish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈskyˀ] === Etymology 1 === Possibly from Middle Low German schūwe, schū, from Proto-West Germanic *skeuh. Compare English shy and German scheu. ==== Adjective ==== sky (neuter sky, plural and definite singular attributive sky) shy ===== Synonyms ===== bly genert ==== References ==== “sky,4” in Den Danske Ordbog === Etymology 2 === From Old Danish sky, from Old Norse ský, from Proto-Germanic *skiwją (“cloud, cloud cover”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover, conceal”). ==== Noun ==== sky c (singular definite skyen, plural indefinite skyer) cloud ===== Inflection ===== ==== References ==== “sky,1” in Den Danske Ordbog === Etymology 3 === From French jus, from Latin iūs (“gravy, broth, sauce”). The Danish word was probably borrowed via German Jus or Schü, pronounced [ˈʃyː], with a regular substitution of German /ʃ/ with Danish /sk/. ==== Noun ==== sky c (singular definite skyen, not used in plural form) gravy, stock (a kind of soup) jelly (made of gravy) (cooking) aspic ==== References ==== “sky,2” in Den Danske Ordbog === Etymology 4 === Possibly from Middle Low German schūwen, derived from the adjective. ==== Verb ==== sky (imperative sky, present skyr or skyer, past skyede, past participle skyet) To shun. ==== References ==== “sky,3” in Den Danske Ordbog == French == === Etymology === Pronunciation influenced by English sky. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /skaj/ === Noun === sky m (uncountable) (colloquial) clipping of whisky == Middle English == === Alternative forms === ski, skie, ske, skye, scki, schi, schye, scy, skey, skige, skiȝe, skyȝe === Etymology === From Old Norse ský, from Proto-Germanic *skiwją. Doublet of skew. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /skiː/ === Noun === sky (plural skyes) The atmosphere or sky; that which lies above the ground. A cloud or mist (mass of water droplets). (rare, astronomy) A certain layout or part of the sky. (rare, physiology) Clouds in urine. ==== Descendants ==== English: sky Scots: sky, skie, skey, ske Yola: skee ==== References ==== “skī(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 23 July 2019. == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology 1 === From Middle Low German schuwe. ==== Adjective ==== sky (neuter singular sky, definite singular and plural sky or skye, comparative skyere, indefinite superlative skyest, definite superlative skyeste) shy ===== Synonyms ===== blyg sjenert === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse ský, from Proto-Germanic *skiwją (“cloud, cloud cover”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover, conceal”). ==== Noun ==== sky f or m (definite singular skya or skyen, indefinite plural skyer, definite plural skyene) cloud ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 3 === Possibly from Middle Low German schuwen ==== Verb ==== sky (imperative sky, present tense skyr, simple past skydde, past participle skydd, present participle skyende) To avoid, shun. ===== Derived terms ===== avsky === References === “sky” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃyː/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle Low German schuwe. ==== Adjective ==== sky (neuter singular sky, definite singular and plural sky or skye, comparative skyare, indefinite superlative skyast, definite superlative skyaste) shy === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse ský. Akin to English sky. ==== Noun ==== sky f (definite singular skya, indefinite plural skyer, definite plural skyene) cloud ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 3 === Possibly from Middle Low German schuwen ==== Verb ==== sky (present tense skyr, past tense skydde, past participle skydd or skytt, passive infinitive skyast, present participle skyande, imperative sky) To avoid, shun. ===== Derived terms ===== avsky === References === “sky” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Norse ský, from Proto-Germanic *skiwją. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃyː/ === Noun === skȳ n cloud sky ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Swedish: sky == Scots == === Etymology === From Middle English sky, from Old Norse ský. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [skaɪ] === Noun === sky (plural skies) sky It's a fair braw sky we'v got the nicht. It's quite a beautiful sky we've got tonight. daylight (especially at dawn) A wis up afore the sky. I was up before sunrise. skyline, outline against the sky (especially of a hill) He saw the sky o a hill awa tae the west. He saw the outline of a hill in the west. ==== Derived terms ==== sky laverock sky-goat skybrek skysettin tuith in the sky === Verb === sky (third-person singular simple present skies, present participle skies, simple past skyin, past participle skiet) (of weather) To clear up. To shade the eyes with the hand (so as to see better). To hold up to the light and examine. == Swedish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɧyː/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Swedish skȳ, from Old Norse ský, from Proto-Germanic *skiwją, compare English sky. ==== Noun ==== sky c (countable) sky (countable) cloud Synonym: moln ===== Usage notes ===== Similar to English sky in somewhat ambiguously referring to clouds in certain expressions, often in the plural. Like in English, native speakers are likely to think "sky" rather than "cloud" and unconsciously process the plural as idiomatic. The usual modern word for cloud is moln. ===== Declension ===== ===== See also ===== himmel (“heaven”) === Etymology 2 === From French jus. ==== Noun ==== sky c (uncountable, cooking) liquid that forms when meat is fried or roasted (with fat and juices, collecting at the bottom of the pan); (pan) drippings, meat juices, cooking juices, etc. skysås ― gravy (literally, “drippings sauce”) ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== skysås (“gravy”) ===== See also ===== spad === Etymology 3 === From Middle Low German schǖwen, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *skiuhijan. Compare origin of skygg. ==== Verb ==== sky (present skyr, preterite skydde, supine skytt, imperative sky) to avoid (due to fear, disgust, or the like), to shun ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== bränt barn skyr elden (“once bitten, twice shy”) sky som pesten (“avoid like the plague”) ===== See also ===== skygg === References === “sky”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “sky”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “sky”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) sky in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)