Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Unknown, but has the first syllable as if from the widespread Greek σκουμπρί (skoumprí).

Noun edit

skȕša f (Cyrillic spelling ску̏ша)

  1. mackerel

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Slovene: skúša

Slovene edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian skȕša.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

skúša f

  1. mackerel

Inflection edit

 
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. skúša
gen. sing. skúše
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
skúša skúši skúše
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
skúše skúš skúš
dative
(dajȃlnik)
skúši skúšama skúšam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
skúšo skúši skúše
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
skúši skúšah skúšah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
skúšo skúšama skúšami

Further reading edit

  • skuša”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • Snoj, Marko (2016) “skúša”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si