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sky

shrink from, avoid, shun/ɧyː/

sky as a verb

Meaning

shrink from; avoid; shun

In Swedish: undvika (något obehagligt)

Conjugation

Conjugation of sky (shrink from)
Infinitive	att sky	to shrink from
Present	skyr	jag skyr
Past	skydde	jag skydde
Supine	skytt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har skytt	jag har skytt
Past perfect	hade skytt	jag hade skytt
Future	ska sky	or: kommer att sky
Conditional	skulle sky	jag skulle sky
Imperative	sky!	a command
Present participle	skyende	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	skydd	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of sky
Infinitive	skys
Present	skys
Past	skyddes
Supine	skytts

Group 3: short verbs. The infinitive does not end in -a; present -r, past -dde, supine -tt. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use skyr. See the four verb groups explained.

sky as a noun(en sky)

Meaning

cloud; haze; sky; gravy; (meat)juice

In Swedish: moln

Forms

Forms of sky
Singular, indefinite	en sky
Singular, definite	skyn
Plural, indefinite	skyar
Plural, definite	skyarna

sky is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor sky, den stora skyn. Check another noun

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Yesterday I … (sky). Which is the past tense?

sky in a sentence

han skyr inga medel för att få mer makt
he'll stop at nothing to gain more power
Han skyr inga medel
He will stop at nothing
lätta skyar
light clouds
högt upp i skyn
high up in the sky
tunga skyar
heavy skies
regnskyar
rainy skies ("rain skies")
skysås
gravy

Expressions

höja någon till skyarna
praise sby to the skies
skrika i högan sky
scream blue murder

Questions

What does sky mean in English?

sky means “shrink from, avoid”.

Is it en sky or ett sky?

It is en sky, and “the cloud” is skyn.

What is the plural of sky?

The plural of sky is skyar, and the definite plural is skyarna.

What is the past tense of sky?

The past tense of sky is skydde (“jag skydde”). The supine is skytt, used in “jag har skytt”.

What is the present tense of sky?

skyr, the same for every person: jag skyr, du skyr, vi skyr.

Similar words

undvika

Origin

From Old Swedish skȳ, from Old Norse ský, from Proto-Germanic *skiwją, compare English sky.

Nearby common words

sky is number 3,200 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,196dos dose
3,197andel proportion, share
3,198dubbla double
3,199förbjuda forbid
3,201di suck, suckle; milk from the mother (human or animal) directly to the offspring
3,202slutligen ultimately, in the end
3,203äh eh, meh (expression of dismissive or otherwise negative reaction, such as impatience, annoyance, suspicion, surprise, uncertainty, disappointment or disdain)
3,204bur cage

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