skynke
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Unknown. Compare Norwegian skukk (“a cover in front of a house in the manner of a porch”)
Noun edit
skynke n
- a larger piece of cloth to cover something; a curtain, a cloth
- Dockspelaren har sina händer inne i dockorna och döljer sig själv bakom ett skynke
- The puppeteer has his hands in the puppets and hides himself behind a cloth
- höftskynke
- loin cloth
Declension edit
| Declension of skynke | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | skynke | skynket | skynken | skynkena |
| Genitive | skynkes | skynkets | skynkens | skynkenas |
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- skynke in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- skynke in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)