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), “skina”, in 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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