skiva

• skiven

skiva m or f

1. definite feminine singular of skive

skiva f (definite singular skiva, indefinite plural skiver or skivor, definite plural skivene or skivone)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of skive
2. definite singular of skive

• kivas, kvasi, kvisa, skavi, svika, vaksi, vikas, viska

From Old Norse skífa.

• IPA^(key): /²ɧiːˌva/

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skiva c

1. a thin, flat object (with straight edges or rounded)

   en bordsskiva

   a table top

   en stor skiva

   a large flat surface

2. a disc (mostly just from being thin and flat)

   skivstång

   barbell

3. (music) a record, such as a CD or an LP
4. a leaf (flat section used to extend a table)
5. a slice; a thin, broad piece cut off

   en brödskiva

   a slice of bread

   en ostskiva

   a slice of cheese

   en tårtskiva

   a slice of cake (also for triangular pieces)

6. an (informal) party, a social gathering (likely from notion of food and drink being set out on a table top or the like)

   kräftskiva

   crayfish party

In the most generic sense of a thin, flat object, the immediate intuition is of something like a table top. Something being thought of or being usable as a kind of surface makes it feel more like a skiva.

(leaf, disc, slice):

(gramophone record):

(party):

• kräftskiva
• spånskiva

skiva (present skivar, preterite skivade, supine skivat, imperative skiva)

1. to slice; to cut into slices

• skivbar

• skiva in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• skiva in Svensk ordbok (SO)

• kivas, kvasi-, svika, vikas, viska