skina
Cebuano
Noun
skina
- Clipping of eskina
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪːna
Etymology 1
Related to Norwegian Nynorsk skĭne, Swedish skena (“small, thin plate”); Old High German skina, Middle Dutch scene (“metal or wooden plate; shinbone”); Old English scinu (whence English shin). Compare also Old English scīa (“shin”), Middle High German schīe (“fencepost”). From Proto-Indo-European *skē̆i- (“split, cleave, separate”), whence also Latin sciō (“to know”).
Noun
skina f (genitive singular skinu, nominative plural skinur)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | skina | skinan | skinur | skinurnar |
| accusative | skinu | skinuna | skinur | skinurnar |
| dative | skinu | skinunni | skinum | skinunum |
| genitive | skinu | skinunnar | skina | skinanna |
Etymology 2
Neologism, probably related to skína (“to shine”), skin (“shine”) and Etymology 3, probably referring to the peritoneum's thin, transparent quality.
Noun
skina f (genitive singular skinu, nominative plural skinur)
- peritoneum
- Synonyms: lífhimna, holhimna
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | skina | skinan | skinur | skinurnar |
| accusative | skinu | skinuna | skinur | skinurnar |
| dative | skinu | skinunni | skinum | skinunum |
| genitive | skinu | skinunnar | skina | skinanna |
Etymology 3
Probably related to skína (“to shine”), skin (“shine”), likely in reference to the fish's light color. Compare with the synonym lýsa, related to the verb lýsa (“to emit light”), the noun ljós (“light”) and adjective ljós (“light”).
Noun
skina f (genitive singular skinu, nominative plural skinur)
- (dialectal) whiting (Merlangius merlangus)
- Synonyms: lýsa, jakobsfiskur, lundaseiði
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | skina | skinan | skinur | skinurnar |
| accusative | skinu | skinuna | skinur | skinurnar |
| dative | skinu | skinunni | skinum | skinunum |
| genitive | skinu | skinunnar | skina | skinanna |
Etymology 4
Cf. Norwegian Nynorsk skĭna, Norwegian Nynorsk skjena (“to run off because of mosquitoes (of cows)”), Swedish skena and Jutish skjenne (“to shy (of a horse)”).
Verb
skina (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skinaði, supine skinað)
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Etymology 5
Probably related to skína (“to shine”), skin (“shine”) and Etymology 3, referring to the light, transparent look of diarrheic feces.
Noun
skina f (genitive singular skinu, nominative plural skinur)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | skina | skinan | skinur | skinurnar |
| accusative | skinu | skinuna | skinur | skinurnar |
| dative | skinu | skinunni | skinum | skinunum |
| genitive | skinu | skinunnar | skina | skinanna |
Etymology 6
Noun
skina
- indefinite genitive plural of skin
References
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsʲkʲɪn̪ɐ]
Verb
ski̇̀na
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- skine (e-infinitive)
Etymology
From Old Norse skína, from Proto-Germanic *skīnaną. Akin to English shine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²ʃiːna/, /²sçiːna/
Verb
skina (present tense skin, past tense skein, past participle skine, passive infinitive skinast, present participle skinande, imperative skin)
- shine
- I dag skin sola.
- The sun is shining today.
References
- “skina” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old High German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *skinu, from Proto-Germanic *skinō.
Noun
skina f
Descendants
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *skinu, from Proto-Germanic *skinō.
Cognate with Old English sċinu (English shin), Dutch scheen, Old High German scina (German Schiene (“thin plate”)), and Portuguese esquina
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈskinɑ/
Noun
skina f
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | skina | skina |
| accusative | skina | skina |
| genitive | skina, skinu, skino | skinono |
| dative | skinu, skino, skina | skinon, skinum, skinun |
| instrumental | — | — |
Descendants
- Middle Low German: schēne
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse skína, from Proto-Germanic *skīnaną.
Verb
skīna
Conjugation
| present | past | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | skīna | — | ||||
| participle | skīnandi, skīnande | skinin | ||||
| active voice | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| iæk | skīn | skīni, skīne | — | skēn | skini, skine | |
| þū | skīn | skīni, skīne | skīn | skēnt | skini, skine | |
| han | skīn | skīni, skīne | — | skēn | skini, skine | |
| vīr | skīnum, skīnom | skīnum, skīnom | skīnum, skīnom | skinum, skinom | skinum, skinom | |
| īr | skīnin | skīnin | skīnin | skinin | skinin | |
| þēr | skīna | skīnin | — | skinu, skino | skinin | |
| mediopassive voice | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| iæk | — | — | — | — | — | |
| þū | — | — | — | — | — | |
| han | — | — | — | — | — | |
| vīr | — | — | — | — | — | |
| īr | — | — | — | — | — | |
| þēr | — | — | — | — | — | |
Descendants
- Swedish: skina
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish skīna, from Old Norse skína, from Proto-Germanic *skīnaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɧiːˌna/
Verb
skina (present skiner, preterite sken, supine skinit, imperative skin)
- to shine
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | skina | — | ||
| supine | skinit | — | ||
| imperative | skin | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | skinen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | skiner | sken | — | — |
| ind. plural1 | skina | skeno | — | — |
| subjunctive2 | skine | skene | — | — |
| present participle | skinande | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- skina in Svensk ordbok.
- skina in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)