skytt
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Swedish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Old Swedish skytter, from the root of the verb skjuta.
Noun
[edit]skytt c
- a shooter (someone who shoots (with a weapon, or for example a ball))
- Skytten är ännu på fri fot
- The shooter is still at large ("still on free foot")
- Robin Hood var en utomordentlig bågskytt
- Robin Hood was an excellent archer
- Cristiano Ronaldo är en bra skytt
- Cristiano Ronaldo is a good shooter
- a shot (person reckoned as to their aim)
- Hon är en pricksäker skytt
- She is an accurate shot
- a gunner, a sniper, etc.
- kulspruteskytt
- machine gunner
- prickskytt
- sniper
- (capitalized, in the definite "Skytten") Sagittarius (star sign)
- a Sagittarius
Declension
[edit]Declension of skytt
Derived terms
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[edit]See also
[edit]Zodiac signs in Swedish (layout · text) | |||||||||||
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Väduren | Oxen | Tvillingarna | Kräftan | ||||||||
Lejonet | Jungfrun | Vågen | Skorpionen | ||||||||
Skytten | Stenbocken | Vattumannen | Fiskarna |
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
[edit]skytt
Verb
[edit]skytt
References
[edit]- skytt in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- skytt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- skytt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- skytt in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)