skina

See also: skína and skiną

Cebuano

Noun

skina

  1. 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)

  1. a small plate covering a keyhole
    Synonyms: skinna, skráarlauf
Declension
Declension of skina (feminine)
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)

  1. peritoneum
    Synonyms: lífhimna, holhimna
Declension
Declension of skina (feminine)
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)

  1. (dialectal) whiting (Merlangius merlangus)
    Synonyms: lýsa, jakobsfiskur, lundaseiði
Declension
Declension of skina (feminine)
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)

  1. to go crazy, be driven mad
    Synonyms: brjálast, ganga af göflunum, geggjast, sturlast, ærast
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)

  1. thin and rather liquid excrement; diarrheic feces
Declension
Declension of skina (feminine)
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

  1. 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

  1. third-person singular present of skinti
  2. third-person plural present of skinti

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

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)

  1. shine
    I dag skin sola.
    The sun is shining today.

References

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skinu, from Proto-Germanic *skinō.

Noun

skina f

  1. bar, track

Descendants

  • Middle High German: schine, schin

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

  1. shin

Declension

skina (feminine ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative skina skina
accusative skina skina
genitive skina, skinu, skino skinono
dative skinu, skino, skina skinon, skinum, skinun
instrumental

Descendants

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse skína, from Proto-Germanic *skīnaną.

Verb

skīna

  1. to shine
  2. to appear

Conjugation

Conjugation of skīna (strong)
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

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)

  1. to shine

Conjugation

Conjugation of skina (class 1 strong)
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.

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