skalp
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from English scalp.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʃkɒlp]
- Hyphenation: skalp
- Rhymes: -ɒlp
Noun
skalp (plural skalpok)
- (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
| 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 |
| 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
- skalpvadász
References
- ^ 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 Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skâlp/
Noun
skȁlp m inan (Cyrillic spelling ска̏лп)
Declension
| 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
- a scalp (the part of the head where the hair grows from, possibly removed) [since 1816][1]
- (figuratively) a scalp; a victory, especially at the expense of someone else.
- 2024 October 17, “Hamas ledare död [Hamas leader dead]”, 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.
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | skalp | skalps |
| definite | skalpen | skalpens | |
| plural | indefinite | skalper | skalpers |
| definite | skalperna | skalpernas |
See also
- skalpera (“to scalp”)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 skalp in Svensk ordbok (SO)
Volapük
Noun
skalp (nominative plural skalps)
Declension
| 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