skina

See also: skína and skiną

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

1. a small plate covering a keyhole

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

1. peritoneum

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

1. (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)

1. to go crazy, be driven mad

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

• brjálast
• ganga af göflunum
• geggjast
• sturlast
• ærast

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

1. thin and rather liquid excrement; diarrheic feces

Etymology 6

Noun

skina

1. indefinite genitive plural of skin

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.

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Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsʲkʲɪn̪ɐ]

Verb

skìna

1. third-person singular present of skinti
2. third-person plural present of skinti

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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)

1. shine

   I dag skin sola.

   The sun is shining today.

See also

• skinne (Bokmål)

References

• “skina” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old High German

Alternative forms

• scina, scena, *skinko (Lombardic)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skinu, from Proto-Germanic *skinō

Noun

skina f

1. bar, track

Descendants

• Middle High German: schine, schin
  • Alemannic German: Schine
  • German: Schiene
    • → Hungarian: sín
    • → Macedonian: шина (šina)
    • → Polish: szyna
    • → Romanian: șină
    • → Russian: шина (šina)
    • → Serbo-Croatian:

      Cyrillic: шина

      Latin: šina

  • Luxembourgish: Schinn

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skinu, from Proto-Germanic *skinō.

Cognate with Old English scinu (English shin), Dutch scheen, Old High German scina (German Schiene (“thin plate”)), and Portuguese esquina

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈs̺kɪnɑ/

Noun

skina f

1. shin

Declension

Declension of 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

• Middle Low German: schēne
  • German Low German: Scheen, Schien
  • → Danish: skinne
  • → Norwegian: skinne, skina
  • → Swedish: skena

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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, -o	skinin
mediopassive voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	—	—	—	—	—
þū	—	—	—	—	—
han	—	—	—	—	—
vīr	—	—	—	—	—
īr	—	—	—	—	—
þēr	—	—	—	—	—

Descendants

• Swedish: skina

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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		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	skiner	sken	—	—
Indicative plural1	skina	skeno	—	—
Subjunctive2	skine	skene	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	skinande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• påskina
• sken

See also

• försköna
• glänsa
• skena
• skimra

Anagrams

• -iansk, Kinas