sk

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sk"

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Slovak or Slovak slovenský jazyk.

Symbol

sk

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Slovak.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Slovak terms

English

Verb

sk

1. (knitting) Abbreviation of skip.
   • 1986, Better Homes and Gardens: Knitting and crocheting, page 204:

     Row 1: Ch 3, sk 2 sts, 3 dc in next st […]

Verb

sk (third-person singular simple present sks, present participle skg, no simple past or past participle)

1. (in personal ads) Abbreviation of seek.
   • 1983 April 9, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 15:

     Lesbian & 2 cats sk home outside of city limits. If you need a home too, let's look together.

Anagrams

• K's, K/S, KS, Ks, Ks., k's, ks

Egyptian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛk/
  • Conventional anglicization: sek

Verb

 2-lit.

1. (transitive) to wipe

Inflection

Conjugation of sk (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: sk, geminated stem: skk

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural sk skw, sk skt sk, j.sk sk, j.sk ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 sk ḥr sk m sk r sk suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect sk.n skw, sk consecutive sk.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative skt perfective3 sk active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 sk.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective sk, j.sk1 active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 sk skk potentialis1 sk.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive sk, j.sk1 active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect sk.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective sk active + .tj1, .tw2 sk skk, skkj6, sk2, skw2 5, sky2 5 imperfective j.sk1, sk, sky, skw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 j.sk1, j.skw1 5, sk, skj6, sky6 sk, skw5 prospective sk, sktj7 — sktj4, skt4 1 Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. 2 Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 3 Archaic or greatly restricted in usage by Middle Egyptian. The perfect has mostly taken over the functions of the perfective, and the subjunctive and periphrastic prospective have mostly replaced the prospective. 4 Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. 5 Only in the masculine singular. 6 Only in the masculine. 7 Only in the feminine.

Derived terms

• sksk (“to wipe out, to destroy”)

Etymology 2

From Old Persian 𐎿𐎣 (s-k /⁠Saka⁠/).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛk/
  • Conventional anglicization: sek

Proper noun

 m

1. Scythia, an ancient region of the eastern Iranian Plateau.

   ― sk pḥ sk tꜣ ― Saka of the Marshes, Saka of the Land

   ― sꜣg pḥ sk tꜣ ― Saka of the Marshes, Saka of the Land

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sk  

sꜣg

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010), Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 36.

Swedish

Adjective

sk

1. so-called; abbreviation of så kallad

Noun

sk c

1. sports club; abbreviation of sportklubb