skaut

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Czech

Noun

skaut m anim

  1. scout (member of the scout movement)

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Icelandic

Etymology 1

From Old Norse skaut (corner of a square cloth; corner of a sail or sheet; flap, skirt of a cloak; lap; a square piece of a cloth, kerchief),[1] akin to Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍄𐍃 (skauts, projecting edge, fringe), German Schoß.

Pronunciation

Noun

skaut n (genitive singular skauts, nominative plural skaut)

  1. lap
  2. headdress, hood
  3. electrode
Declension
    Declension of skaut
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skaut skautið skaut skautin
accusative skaut skautið skaut skautin
dative skauti skautinu skautum skautunum
genitive skauts skautsins skauta skautanna
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References

  1. ^ Entry skaut Concise Dictionnary of Old Icelandic, p. 369

Etymology 2

Verb

skaut

  1. first/third-person singular past indicative active of skjóta

Latvian

Pronunciation

Verb

skaut (transitive, 1st conjugation, present skauju, skauj, skauj, past skāvu)

  1. to embrace
  2. to hug

Conjugation

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nb

From Old Norse skaut.

Noun

skaut n (definite singular skautet, indefinite plural skaut, definite plural skauta or skautene)

  1. a headscarf (often referring to traditional dress)

Etymology 2

Verb

skaut

  1. (non-standard since 2005) past tense of skyte

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse skaut.

Noun

skaut n (definite singular skautet, indefinite plural skaut, definite plural skauta)

  1. (clothing) a headscarf (often referring to traditional dress)
  2. (nautical) corner on a sail, sometimes including its rope

Etymology 2

Verb

skaut

  1. past tense of skyta

References

Anagrams

Old Norse

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Germanic *skautaz m (corner, wedge), from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)kewd- (to throw, shoot, pursue, rush). Related to skjóta. Cognates include English sheet.

Noun

skaut n

  1. corner of a square cloth
  2. corner of a sail or sheet
  3. flap, skirt of a cloak
  4. lap
  5. headscarf, especially for women

References

  • skaut”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from English scout, from Middle English scout, scoult, from Old French escoute, from escouter, from Latin auscultō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skawt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -awt
  • Syllabification: skaut

Noun

skaut m pers (female equivalent skautka)

  1. (scouting) scout (member of the scout movement)

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Derived terms

adjectives
noun

Further reading

  • skaut in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • skaut in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skǎut/
  • Hyphenation: ska‧ut

Noun

skàut m (Cyrillic spelling ска̀ут)

  1. scout (member of the scout movement)

Declension