skev
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish skēver. Disputed Germanic origin, but perhaps from the same source as Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“frightened, shy”).[1] Another possibility is Proto-Indo-European *skeh₂iwos, the source of Latin scaevus (“on the left side”).[2]
Cognate with Old Norse skeifr, Danish skæv, Middle Low German schêf, German schief, Dutch scheef, Old English *sc(e)āf (in scāffōt). See also English skew.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]skev (comparative skevare, superlative skevast)
- crooked, lopsided, wry
- (figuratively) skewed, distorted
- skev fördelning av resurser
- skewed distribution of resources
- Artikeln ger en skev bild av vad som hände
- The article gives a distorted picture of what happened
- (figuratively, colloquial) weird, messed up
- Den där snubben är riktigt skev
- That guy is a bloody weirdo
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of skev | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | skev | skevare | skevast |
| Neuter singular | skevt | skevare | skevast |
| Plural | skeva | skevare | skevast |
| Masculine plural3 | skeve | skevare | skevast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | skeve | skevare | skevaste |
| All | skeva | skevare | skevaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
References
[edit]- skev in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- skev in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- skev in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- skev in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “skew”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “scheef”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute