scap

See also: SCAP, šćap, and ščap

English

Etymology

Clipping of scapula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skæp/
• Rhymes: -æp

Noun

scap (plural scaps)

1. (bodybuilding, exercise, colloquial) The scapula.

See also

• scap-net

Anagrams

• APCs, CAPS, CAPs, CPAs, CPSA, PACS, PACs, PCAs, SPAC, SPCA, Spac, caps, caps.

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• scapu, ascap, ascapu

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *excappō, a verb based on Late Latin cappa (“cloak”). Compare Romanian scap, scăpa.

Verb

scap first-singular present indicative (past participle scãpatã)

1. to escape
2. to drop (something)
3. to finish

Related terms

• scãpari / scãpare
• scãpat

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skāp.

Noun

scāp n

1. sheep
   • Rhinelandic Rhyming Bible, early 12th century;

     Sine scaf er leret, thie zigen er bekeret.

     He teaches his sheep, he converts the goats

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: schâep
  • Dutch: schaap
    • Afrikaans: skaap
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: skapu
    • Jersey Dutch: sxâp
    • Negerhollands: skaap, skap
    • → Lokono: sjikapoe, shikápo
    • → Sranan Tongo: skapu
      • → Saramaccan: sikáfu, sikápu
    • → Warao: sikabo

Further reading

• “skāp”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old Saxon

Noun

scap n

1. Alternative spelling of skap

Romanian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ap

Etymology 1

Verb

scap

1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of scăpa

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French scape.

Noun

scap m (plural scapi)

1. scape

Declension

Declension of scap

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) scap	scapul	(niște) scapi	scapii
genitive/dative	(unui) scap	scapului	(unor) scapi	scapilor
vocative	scapule		scapilor