skon

See also: skön and skøn

Czech

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈskon]
• Hyphenation: skon
• Rhymes: -on

Noun

skon m inan

1. (literary) death

   Synonyms: smrt, skonání

Declension

Declension of skon (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	skon	skony
genitive	skonu	skonů
dative	skonu	skonům
accusative	skon	skony
vocative	skone	skony
locative	skonu	skonech
instrumental	skonem	skony

Related terms

• skonat

 

Further reading

• “skon”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “skon”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “skon”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Faroese

Etymology

Uncertain. Also found in Norwegian dialects skon; possibly related to Albanian hundë.

Noun

skon f (genitive singular skonar, plural skonir)

1. snout
2. (derogatory) face, mug

Declension

Declension of skon
f2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skon	skonin	skonir	skonirnar
accusative	skon	skonina	skonir	skonirnar
dative	skon	skonini	skonum	skonunum
genitive	skonar	skonarinnar	skona	skonanna

Derived terms

• rossaskon

Old Polish

Etymology

Deverbal from skonać.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /skɔn/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /skɔn/

Noun

skon m animacy unattested

1. (attested in Greater Poland) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
   1. deed

      Synonyms: czyn, działo, skutek, uczynek, uczynianie

      • 1916 [second half of the 15th century], Stanisław Słoński, editor, Psałterz puławski‎^[1], Greater Poland, page 93 arg:

        Cristus czyelne rozgodzyw scony y czlowyeku naukę dal

        [Krystus cielne rozgodziw skony i człowieku naukę dał]

Descendants

• >? Polish: skon (archaic)

References

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “skon”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish skon. By surface analysis, deverbal from skonać.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɔn/
• Rhymes: -ɔn
• Syllabification: skon

Noun

skon m inan

1. (rare, archaic) an act of dying; death

   Synonyms: skonanie, zgon

Declension

Declension of skon

	singular	plural
nominative	skon	skony
genitive	skonu	skonów
dative	skonowi	skonom
accusative	skon	skony
instrumental	skonem	skonami
locative	skonie	skonach
vocative	skonie	skony

Further reading

• skon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Noun

skon

1. definite singular of sko

Anagrams

• kons, snok

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English scone.

Noun

skon

1. scone