Icelandic

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.

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsʲkʲɪn̪ɐ]

Verb

skìna

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

Lojban

Etymology

In Lojbanized spelling.

• Chinese: iin — 影 (yǐng)
• English: sinam — cinema
• Hindi: sinema — सिनेमा (sinēmā)
• Spanish: sine — cine
• Russian: kino — кино (kino)
• Arabic: sinima

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskina/

Gismu

skina ‎(rafsi kin)

1. cinema; x1 is a cinema/movie/film about x2 (plot/theme/subject/activity) by filmmaker x3 for audience x4.

See also

• tivni
• vidni
• pixra
• finti

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• skine (e infinitive)

Etymology

From Old Norse skína, from Proto-Germanic *skīnaną.

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 shines today.

See also

• skinne (Bokmål)

References

• “skina” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skinō

Noun

skina f

1. bar, track

Descendants

• German: Schiene
• Italian: schiena

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skinō. Cognate with Old English scinu (English shin), Dutch scheen, Old High German scina (German Schiene ‎(“thin plate”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈs̺kɪnɑ/

Noun

skina f

1. shin

Declension

Descendants

• Middle Low German: schēne
  • Norwegian: skina
  • Swedish: skena

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse skína, from Proto-Germanic *skīnaną.

Verb

skīna

1. to shine
2. to appear

Conjugation

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Descendants

• Swedish: skina

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish skīna, from Old Norse skína, from Proto-Germanic *skīnaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɧiːˌna/

Verb

skina

1. to shine

Conjugation

Related terms

• påskina
• sken

See also

• försköna
• glänsa
• skena
• skimra