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’.
Noun
skina f
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.
Noun
skina f
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’.
Noun
skina f
- (dialectal) whiting (Merlangius merlangus)
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.
Synonyms
Etymology 5
Probably related to skína ‘to shine’, skin ‘shine’ (noun) and skina (3), referring to the light, transparent look of diarrheic feces.
Noun
skina f
Etymology 6
Noun
skina
- indefinite genitive plural of skin
References
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsʲkʲɪn̪ɐ]
Verb
skìna
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- skine (e infinitive)
Etymology
From Old Norse skína, from Proto-Germanic *skīnaną. Akin to English shine.
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.
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See also
- skinne (Bokmål)
References
- “skina” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *skinō
Noun
skina f
Descendants
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/
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
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, -o | 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
- to shine
Conjugation
Related terms
- påskina
- sken