skalp

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Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English scalp.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

skalp (plural skalpok)

  1. (historical) scalp (a part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, formerly cut or torn off from an enemy by warriors in some cultures as a token of victory)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative skalp skalpok
accusative skalpot skalpokat
dative skalpnak skalpoknak
instrumental skalppal skalpokkal
causal-final skalpért skalpokért
translative skalppá skalpokká
terminative skalpig skalpokig
essive-formal skalpként skalpokként
essive-modal — —
inessive skalpban skalpokban
superessive skalpon skalpokon
adessive skalpnál skalpoknál
illative skalpba skalpokba
sublative skalpra skalpokra
allative skalphoz skalpokhoz
elative skalpból skalpokból
delative skalpról skalpokról
ablative skalptól skalpoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		skalpé skalpoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		skalpéi skalpokéi
Possessive forms of skalp
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. skalpom skalpjaim
2nd person sing. skalpod skalpjaid
3rd person sing. skalpja skalpjai
1st person plural skalpunk skalpjaink
2nd person plural skalpotok skalpjaitok
3rd person plural skalpjuk skalpjaik

Derived terms

Compound words

References

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Further reading

  • skalp in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English scalp.

Pronunciation

Noun

skȁlp m (Cyrillic spelling ска̏лп)

  1. (anatomy) scalp

Declension

Declension of skalp
singular plural
nominative skȁlp skàlpovi
genitive skalpa skalpova
dative skalpu skalpovima
accusative skalp skalpove
vocative skalpe skalpovi
locative skalpu skalpovima
instrumental skalpom skalpovima

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English scalp. First attested in 1816[1]

Noun

skalp c

  1. a scalp (the part of the head where the hair grows from, possibly removed) [1]
  2. (figuratively) a scalp; a victory, especially at the expense of someone else.
    • 2024 October 17, “Hamas ledare död”, in Aftonbladet:
      Om det skulle visa sig att Yahya Sinwar dödats skulle det vara en ”enorm skalp” för Israel, enligt Persson den största hittills under kriget.
      If it turns out that Yahya Sinwar has been killed, it would be an "enormous scalp" for Israel, according to Persson, the biggest so far in the war.
    Synonyms: seger, vinst

Declension

Declension of skalp
nominative genitive
singular indefinite skalp skalps
definite skalpen skalpens
plural indefinite skalper skalpers
definite skalperna skalpernas

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 skalp in Svensk ordbok (SO)

Volapük

Noun

skalp (nominative plural skalps)

  1. scalp

Declension

declension of skalp
singular plural
nominative skalp skalps
genitive skalpa skalpas
dative skalpe skalpes
accusative skalpi skalpis
vocative 1 o skalp! o skalps!
predicative 2 skalpu skalpus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
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