ský

See also: sky, Skye, Sky, SKY, -sky, and -ský

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse ský, from Proto-Germanic *skiwją (“cloud, cloud cover”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover, conceal”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sciː/
    Rhymes: -iː

Noun

ský n (genitive singular skýs, nominative plural ský)

  1. cloud

Declension
declension of ský
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ský skýið ský skýin
accusative ský skýið ský skýin
dative skýi skýinu skýjum skýjunum
genitive skýs skýsins skýja skýjanna

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skiwją (“cloud, cloud cover; sky”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover, conceal”).

Pronunciation
  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈskyː/

Noun

ský n (genitive skýs, plural ský)

  1. cloud
  2. (in the plural) sky

Declension
  Declension of ský (strong ja-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ský skýit ský skýin
accusative ský skýit ský skýin
dative skýi skýinu skýjum skýjunum
genitive skýs skýsins skýja skýjanna

Descendants
  • Icelandic: ský (“cloud”)
  • Faroese: skýggj (“cloud”)
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sky f (“cloud”)
  • Old Swedish: skȳ (“cloud, sky”)
    • Swedish: sky (“sky, heaven”)
  • Old Danish: sky
    • Danish: sky (“cloud”)
      • Norwegian Bokmål: sky m or f (“cloud”)
  • → Middle English: sky, skie, ske (“cloud, sky”)
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