skon

See also: skön and skøn

Czech

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈskon]
  • Hyphenation: skon
  • Rhymes: -on

Noun

skon m inan

  1. (literary) death
    Synonyms: smrt, skonání

Declension

Further reading

Faroese

Etymology

Uncertain. Also found in Norwegian dialects skon; possibly related to Albanian hundë.[1]

Noun

skon f (genitive singular skonar, plural skonir)

  1. snout
  2. (derogatory) face, mug

Declension

f2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skon skonin skonir skonirnar
accusative skon skonina skonir skonirnar
dative skon skonini skonum skonunum
genitive skonar skonarinnar skona skonanna

Derived terms

  • rossaskon

References

  1. ^ Adam Hyllested, “Albanian hundë ‘nose’ and Faroese, SW Norwegian skon ‘snout’”, in Proceedings of the 23rd Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference (Bremen: Hempen, 2012), 73-81.

Old Polish

Etymology

Deverbal from skonać.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /skɔn/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /skɔn/

Noun

skon m animacy unattested

  1. (attested in Greater Poland) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    1. deed
      Synonyms: czyn, działo, skutek, uczynek, uczynianie
      • 1916 [second half of the 15th century], Stanisław Słoński, editor, Psałterz puławski[1], Greater Poland, page 93 arg:
        Cristus czyelne rozgodzyw scony y czlowyeku naukę dal
        [Krystus cielne rozgodziw skony i człowieku naukę dał]

Descendants

  • >? Polish: skon (archaic)

References

  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “skon”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish skon. By surface analysis, deverbal from skonać.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskɔn/
  • Rhymes: -ɔn
  • Syllabification: skon

Noun

skon m inan

  1. (rare, archaic) an act of dying; death
    Synonyms: skonanie, zgon

Declension

Further reading

  • skon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Noun

skon

  1. definite singular of sko

Anagrams

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English scone.

Noun

skon

  1. scone