skina
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪːna
Etymology 1
Related to Norwegian (nynorsk) skĭne, Swedish skena (both meaning ‘small, thin plate’); Old High German skina and Middle Dutch scene, both ‘metal or wooden plate; shinbone’; Old English scinu ( > English shin). Compare also Old English scīa ‘shin’, Middle High German schīe ‘fencepost’. From Indo-European root *skē̆i- ‘split, cleave, separate’, whence also Latin sciō ‘know’.
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Synonyms
- skinna
- skráarlauf
Etymology 2
Neologism, probably related to skína ‘to shine’, skin ‘shine’ (noun) and skina (3), probably referring to the peritoneum's thin, transparent quality.
Synonyms
- lífhimna
- holhimna
Etymology 3
Probably related to skína ‘to shine’, skin ‘shine’ (noun), likely in reference to the fish's light color. Compare with the synonym lýsa, related to the verb lýsa ‘emit light’, the noun ljós ‘light’ and adjective ljós ‘light’.
Synonyms
- lýsa
- jakobsfiskur
- lundaseiði
Etymology 4
Cf. Norwegian (nynorsk) skĭna, 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’ (noun) and skina (3), referring to the light, transparent look of diarrheic feces.
References
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsʲkʲɪn̪ɐ]
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- skine (e infinitive)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²ʃiːnɑ/
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.
See also
- skinne (Bokmål)
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *skinō
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *skinō. Cognate with Old English scinu (English shin), Dutch scheen, Old High German scina (German Schiene (“thin plate”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈs̺kɪnɑ/
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | skina | skina |
accusative | skina | skina |
genitive | skina, skinu, skino | skinono |
dative | skinu, skino, skina | skinon, skinum, skinun |
instrumental | — | — |
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse skína, from Proto-Germanic *skīnaną.
Conjugation
present | past | ||||
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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, -o | skinin |
mediopassive voice | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
iæk | — | — | — | — | — |
þū | — | — | — | — | — |
han | — | — | — | — | — |
vīr | — | — | — | — | — |
īr | — | — | — | — | — |
þēr | — | — | — | — | — |
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish skīna, from Old Norse skína, from Proto-Germanic *skīnaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɧiːˌna/
Conjugation
Related terms
- påskina
- sken