skaz

See also: skaź and skaż

English

Etymology

From Russian сказ (skaz, “tale”).

Noun

skaz (uncountable)

1. A literary technique wherein characters are mainly identified by the linguistic specificities of their speech.
   • 1993, Monika Fludernik, The fictions of language and the languages of fiction:

     […] however, Banfield goes on to posit that first person narrative comes in two shapes, one of which is speakerless while the other corresponds with skaz […]

   • 2000, Jeremy Hicks, Mikhail Zoshchenko and the poetics of skaz:

     She argues that the chief means of indicating the distance between the two levels in grotesque-ironic skaz is 'linguistic discrediting' […]

Anagrams

• zaks

Old High German

Alternative forms

• scaz

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skatt.

Noun

skaz m

1. treasure
2. money
3. wealth
4. tax

Declension

Declension of skaz (masculine a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	skaz	skaza
accusative	skaz	skaza
genitive	skazes	skazo
dative	skaze	skazum
instrumental	skazu	—

Descendants

• Middle High German: schaz, schatz
  • German: Schatz (see there for further descendants)
  • Luxembourgish: Schatz

References

1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skas/
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: skaz

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Russian сказ (skaz, “tale”).

Noun

skaz m inan

1. (literature) skaz (Russian narrative form)

Declension

Declension of skaz

	singular	plural
nominative	skaz	skazy
genitive	skazu	skazów
dative	skazowi	skazom
accusative	skaz	skazy
instrumental	skazem	skazami
locative	skazie	skazach
vocative	skazie	skazy

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

skaz f

1. genitive plural of skaza

Further reading

• skaz in Polish dictionaries at PWN