"skemta" meaning in Faroese

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Verb

IPA: /ˈʃɛm̥ta/
Rhymes: -ɛm̥ta Etymology: From Old Norse skemta (“to amuse, entertain”), from Proto-Germanic *skammatjaną (“to make short, briefen”), equivalent to skammur + -ta. Cognate with Icelandic skemmta, Norwegian Nynorsk skjemta, Swedish skämta, and Danish skæmte. Etymology templates: {{inh|fo|non|skemta|t=to amuse, entertain}} Old Norse skemta (“to amuse, entertain”), {{inh|fo|gem-pro|*skammatjaną|t=to make short, briefen}} Proto-Germanic *skammatjaną (“to make short, briefen”), {{suf|fo|skammur|-ta}} skammur + -ta, {{cog|is|skemmta}} Icelandic skemmta, {{cog|nn|skjemta}} Norwegian Nynorsk skjemta, {{cog|sv|skämta}} Swedish skämta, {{cog|da|skæmte}} Danish skæmte Head templates: {{head|fo|verb|||||third person singular past indicative|skemtaði|third person plural past indicative|skemtaðu|supine|skemtað|f3request=1|f4request=1|f5request=1|head=}} skemta (third person singular past indicative skemtaði, third person plural past indicative skemtaðu, supine skemtað), {{fo-verb|skemtaði|skemtaðu|skemtað}} skemta (third person singular past indicative skemtaði, third person plural past indicative skemtaðu, supine skemtað) Inflection templates: {{fo-conj-30|skemt}}, {{fo-conj|group=-30|imp.p=skemtið|imp.s=skemta|inf=skemta|p.1s=skemti|p.2s=skemtar|p.3s=skemtar|p.p=skemta|pp=skemtaður|pp.decl=a6|prp=skemtandi|ps.1s=skemtaði|ps.2s=skemtaði|ps.3s=skemtaði|ps.p=skemtaðu|sup=skemtað}} Forms: skemtaði [indicative, past, singular, third-person], skemtaðu [indicative, past, plural, third-person], skemtað [supine], no-table-tags [table-tags], skemta [infinitive], skemtað [supine], skemtandi [participle], skemtaður [participle], skemti [first-person, present, singular], skemtaði [first-person, past, singular], skemtar [present, second-person, singular], skemtaði [past, second-person, singular], skemtar [present, singular, third-person], skemtaði [past, singular, third-person], skemta [plural, present], skemtaðu [past, plural], skemta! [imperative, present, singular], skemtið! [imperative, plural, present]
  1. to joke, amuse, entertain
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "skemta",
        "t": "to amuse, entertain"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse skemta (“to amuse, entertain”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*skammatjaną",
        "t": "to make short, briefen"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *skammatjaną (“to make short, briefen”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "skammur",
        "3": "-ta"
      },
      "expansion": "skammur + -ta",
      "name": "suf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "skemmta"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic skemmta",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "skjemta"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk skjemta",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "skämta"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish skämta",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "skæmte"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish skæmte",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse skemta (“to amuse, entertain”), from Proto-Germanic *skammatjaną (“to make short, briefen”), equivalent to skammur + -ta. Cognate with Icelandic skemmta, Norwegian Nynorsk skjemta, Swedish skämta, and Danish skæmte.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "skemtaði",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skemtaðu",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skemtað",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fo-conj-30",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skemta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skemtað",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skemtandi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skemtaður",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skemti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skemtaði",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skemtar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skemtaði",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skemtar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skemtaði",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skemta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skemtaðu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skemta!",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skemtið!",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "10": "skemtaðu",
        "11": "supine",
        "12": "skemtað",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "third person singular past indicative",
        "8": "skemtaði",
        "9": "third person plural past indicative",
        "f3request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "f5request": "1",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "skemta (third person singular past indicative skemtaði, third person plural past indicative skemtaðu, supine skemtað)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "skemtaði",
        "2": "skemtaðu",
        "3": "skemtað"
      },
      "expansion": "skemta (third person singular past indicative skemtaði, third person plural past indicative skemtaðu, supine skemtað)",
      "name": "fo-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "skemt"
      },
      "name": "fo-conj-30"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "group": "-30",
        "imp.p": "skemtið",
        "imp.s": "skemta",
        "inf": "skemta",
        "p.1s": "skemti",
        "p.2s": "skemtar",
        "p.3s": "skemtar",
        "p.p": "skemta",
        "pp": "skemtaður",
        "pp.decl": "a6",
        "prp": "skemtandi",
        "ps.1s": "skemtaði",
        "ps.2s": "skemtaði",
        "ps.3s": "skemtaði",
        "ps.p": "skemtaðu",
        "sup": "skemtað"
      },
      "name": "fo-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Faroese",
  "lang_code": "fo",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Faroese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Faroese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Faroese terms suffixed with -ta",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to joke, amuse, entertain"
      ],
      "id": "en-skemta-fo-verb-U503WZBv",
      "links": [
        [
          "joke",
          "joke"
        ],
        [
          "amuse",
          "amuse"
        ],
        [
          "entertain",
          "entertain"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃɛm̥ta/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛm̥ta"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "skemtað"
    }
  ],
  "word": "skemta"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "skemta",
        "t": "to amuse, entertain"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse skemta (“to amuse, entertain”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*skammatjaną",
        "t": "to make short, briefen"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *skammatjaną (“to make short, briefen”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "skammur",
        "3": "-ta"
      },
      "expansion": "skammur + -ta",
      "name": "suf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "skemmta"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic skemmta",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "skjemta"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk skjemta",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "skämta"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish skämta",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "skæmte"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish skæmte",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse skemta (“to amuse, entertain”), from Proto-Germanic *skammatjaną (“to make short, briefen”), equivalent to skammur + -ta. Cognate with Icelandic skemmta, Norwegian Nynorsk skjemta, Swedish skämta, and Danish skæmte.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "skemtaði",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skemtaðu",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skemtað",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fo-conj-30",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skemta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skemtað",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skemtandi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skemtaður",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skemti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skemtaði",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skemtar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skemtaði",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skemtar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skemtaði",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skemta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skemtaðu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skemta!",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skemtið!",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "10": "skemtaðu",
        "11": "supine",
        "12": "skemtað",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "third person singular past indicative",
        "8": "skemtaði",
        "9": "third person plural past indicative",
        "f3request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "f5request": "1",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "skemta (third person singular past indicative skemtaði, third person plural past indicative skemtaðu, supine skemtað)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "skemtaði",
        "2": "skemtaðu",
        "3": "skemtað"
      },
      "expansion": "skemta (third person singular past indicative skemtaði, third person plural past indicative skemtaðu, supine skemtað)",
      "name": "fo-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "skemt"
      },
      "name": "fo-conj-30"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "group": "-30",
        "imp.p": "skemtið",
        "imp.s": "skemta",
        "inf": "skemta",
        "p.1s": "skemti",
        "p.2s": "skemtar",
        "p.3s": "skemtar",
        "p.p": "skemta",
        "pp": "skemtaður",
        "pp.decl": "a6",
        "prp": "skemtandi",
        "ps.1s": "skemtaði",
        "ps.2s": "skemtaði",
        "ps.3s": "skemtaði",
        "ps.p": "skemtaðu",
        "sup": "skemtað"
      },
      "name": "fo-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Faroese",
  "lang_code": "fo",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Faroese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Faroese lemmas",
        "Faroese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Faroese terms derived from Old Norse",
        "Faroese terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Faroese terms inherited from Old Norse",
        "Faroese terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Faroese terms suffixed with -ta",
        "Faroese terms with homophones",
        "Faroese verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Faroese/ɛm̥ta"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to joke, amuse, entertain"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "joke",
          "joke"
        ],
        [
          "amuse",
          "amuse"
        ],
        [
          "entertain",
          "entertain"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃɛm̥ta/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛm̥ta"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "skemtað"
    }
  ],
  "word": "skemta"
}

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