Skok
English
Etymology
- As a Serbo-Croatian and Slovene surname, nickname for a Turkish refugee, from uskočiti (“to flee”) (compare Czech utéct). Also a nickname from the verb skok (“to jump”). This is also sometimes found as a Polish surname from the same verb skok.
- As a Jewish (Lithuania and Latvia) surname, from Skoki, the Polish and Russian name for Skakai, a small town in Kriukai in Lithuania.
Proper noun
Skok (plural Skoks)
- A surname from Slovene.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Skok is the 37180th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 600 individuals. Skok is most common among White (95.67%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Skok”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skɔ̀k/
Proper noun
Skòk m anim
- a surname
Declension
| Masculine anim., hard o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | Skok | ||
| gen. sing. | Skoka | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
Skok | Skoka | Skoki |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
Skoka | Skokov | Skokov |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
Skoku | Skokoma | Skokom |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
Skoka | Skoka | Skoke |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
Skoku | Skokih | Skokih |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
Skokom | Skokoma | Skoki |
Further reading
- “Skok”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025