Ukrainian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [sʲkʲin]
  • (file)

Etymology 1 edit

Deverbal from скона́ти (skonáty, to die, to perish)

Noun edit

скін (skinm inan (genitive ско́ну, uncountable)

  1. (solemn) death, demise
  2. (solemn) end
Declension edit

Further reading edit

Etymology 2 edit

Clipping of скінхе́д (skinxéd).

Noun edit

скін (skinm pers (genitive скі́на, nominative plural скі́ни, genitive plural скі́нів)

  1. (slang) skinhead
Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • Kondratiuk, T. M. (2006) “скін”, in Словник сучасного українського сленгу [Dictionary of Modern Ukrainian Slang] (in Ukrainian), Kharkiv: Folio, →ISBN

Etymology 3 edit

Borrowed from English skin.

Noun edit

скін (skinm inan (genitive скі́ну, nominative plural скі́ни, genitive plural скі́нів)

  1. (computing) skin (a set of resources that modifies the appearance and/or layout of the graphical user interface of a computer program)
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