skaut

skaut

Czech

Noun

skaut m

1. scout (member of the scout movement)

Derived terms

• skautka f
• skautský
• skautování
• skautovat
• skautství

Related terms

• skauting

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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

• IPA^(key): /skøyːt/
• Rhymes: -øyːt

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

Synonyms

• (lap): kelta
• (electrode): rafskaut

References

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

Verb

skaut

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

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Latvian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skaut/

Verb

skaut (tr., 1st conj., pres. skauju, skauj, skauj, past skāvu)

1. to embrace
2. to hug

Conjugation

conjugation of skaut

	INDICATIVE (īstenības izteiksme)				IMPERATIVE (pavēles izteiksme)
		Present (tagadne)	Past (pagātne)	Future (nākotne)
1st pers. sg.	es	skauju	skāvu	skaušu	—
2nd pers. sg.	tu	skauj	skāvi	skausi	skauj
3rd pers. sg.	viņš, viņa	skauj	skāva	skaus	lai skauj
1st pers. pl.	mēs	skaujam	skāvām	skausim	skausim
2nd pers. pl.	jūs	skaujat	skāvāt	skausiet, skausit	skaujiet
3rd pers. pl.	viņi, viņas	skauj	skāva	skaus	lai skauj
RENARRATIVE (atstāstījuma izteiksme)			PARTICIPLES (divdabji)
Present	skaujot		Present Active 1 (Adj.)		skaujošs
Past	esot skāvis		Present Active 2 (Adv.)		skaudams
Future	skaušot		Present Active 3 (Adv.)		skaujot
Imperative	lai skaujot		Present Active 4 (Obj.)		skaujam
CONDITIONAL (vēlējuma izteiksme)			Past Active		skāvis
Present	skautu		Present Passive		skaujams
Past	būtu skāvis		Past Passive		skauts
DEBITIVE (vajadzības izteiksme)			NOMINAL FORMS
Indicative	(būt) jāskauj		Infinitive (nenoteiksme)		skaut
Conjunctive 1	esot jāskauj		Negative Infinitive		neskaut
Conjunctive 2	jāskaujot		Verbal noun		skaušana

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

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)

Verb

skaut

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

References

• “skaut” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skæʉt/

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

Verb

skaut

1. past tense of skyta

References

• “skaut” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• kusta, skuta, stuka, sukat, tuska

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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

Related terms

• skjóta

References

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

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English scout.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skawt/

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• Rhymes: -awt
• Syllabification: skaut

Noun

skaut m pers (feminine skautka)

1. scout (member of the scout movement)

Declension

Declension of skaut

	singular	plural
nominative	skaut	skauci
genitive	skauta	skautów
dative	skautowi	skautom
accusative	skauta	skautów
instrumental	skautem	skautami
locative	skaucie	skautach
vocative	skaucie	skauci

Derived terms

adjectives

• skautowski
• skautowy

 

noun

• skauting

 

Further reading

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

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

skàut m (Cyrillic spelling ска̀ут)

1. scout (member of the scout movement)

Declension

Declension of skaut

	singular	plural
nominative	skaut	skauti
genitive	skauta	skauta
dative	skautu	skautima
accusative	skauta	skaute
vocative	skaute	skauti
locative	skautu	skautima
instrumental	skautom	skautima