skaut

Czech

Noun

skaut m anim

  1. scout (member of the scout movement)

Declension

Derived terms

  • skautka f
  • skautovat
  • skautování
  • skautský
  • skautství
  • skauting

Icelandic

Etymology 1

From Old Norse skaut (corner of a square cloth; corner of a sail or sheet; flap, skirt of a cloak; lap; a square piece of a cloth, kerchief),[1] akin to Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍄𐍃 (skauts, projecting edge, fringe), German Schoß.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skøyːt/
  • Rhymes: -øyːt

Noun

skaut n (genitive singular skauts, nominative plural skaut)

  1. lap
    Synonym: kelta
  2. headdress, hood
  3. electrode
    Synonym: rafskaut
Declension
Declension of skaut (neuter)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skaut skautið skaut skautin
accusative skaut skautið skaut skautin
dative skauti skautinu skautum skautunum
genitive skauts skautsins skauta skautanna
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Entry skaut Concise Dictionnary of Old Icelandic, p. 369

Etymology 2

Verb

skaut

  1. first/third-person singular past indicative active of skjóta

Latvian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skaut/

Verb

skaut (transitive, 1st conjugation, present skauju, skauj, skauj, past skāvu)

  1. to embrace
  2. to hug

Conjugation

Conjugation of skaut
indicative (īstenības izteiksme) imperative
(pavēles izteiksme)
present
(tagadne)
past
(pagātne)
future
(nākotne)
1st person sg es skauju skāvu skaušu
2nd person sg tu skauj skāvi skausi skauj
3rd person sg viņš, viņa skauj skāva skaus lai skauj
1st person pl mēs skaujam skāvām skausim skausim
2nd person pl jūs skaujat skāvāt skausiet,
skausit
skaujiet
3rd person pl viņi, viņas skauj skāva skaus lai skauj
renarrative (atstāstījuma izteiksme) participles (divdabji)
present skaujot present active 1 (adj.) skaujošs
past esot skāvis present active 2 (adv.) skaudams
future skaušot present active 3 (adv.) skaujot
imperative lai skaujot present active 4 (obj.) skaujam
conditional (vēlējuma izteiksme) past active skāvis
present skautu present passive skaujams
past būtu skāvis past passive skauts
debitive (vajadzības izteiksme) nominal forms
indicative (būt) jāskauj infinitive (nenoteiksme) skaut
conjunctive 1 esot jāskauj negative infinitive neskaut
conjunctive 2 jāskaujot verbal noun skaušana

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse skaut.

Noun

skaut n (definite singular skautet, indefinite plural skaut, definite plural skauta or skautene)

  1. a headscarf (often referring to traditional dress)

Etymology 2

Verb

skaut

  1. (non-standard since 2005) past tense of skyte

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skæʉt/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse skaut.

Noun

skaut n (definite singular skautet, indefinite plural skaut, definite plural skauta)

  1. (clothing) a headscarf (often referring to traditional dress)
  2. (nautical) corner on a sail, sometimes including its rope

Etymology 2

Verb

skaut

  1. past tense of skyta

References

Anagrams

Old Norse

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Germanic *skautaz m (corner, wedge), from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)kewd- (to throw, shoot, pursue, rush). Related to skjóta. Cognates include English sheet.

Noun

skaut n

  1. corner of a square cloth
  2. corner of a sail or sheet
  3. flap, skirt of a cloak
  4. lap
  5. headscarf, especially for women

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “skaut”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English scout, from Middle English scout, scoult, from Old French escoute, from escouter, from Latin auscultō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskawt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -awt
  • Syllabification: skaut

Noun

skaut m pers (female equivalent skautka)

  1. (scouting) scout (member of the scout movement)

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives
  • skautowski
  • skautowy
noun
  • skauting

Further reading

  • skaut in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • skaut in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skǎut/
  • Hyphenation: ska‧ut

Noun

skàut m anim (Cyrillic spelling ска̀ут)

  1. scout (member of the scout movement)

Declension

Declension of skaut
singular plural
nominative skaut skauti
genitive skauta skauta
dative skautu skautima
accusative skauta skaute
vocative skaute skauti
locative skautu skautima
instrumental skautom skautima