sk

See also: Sk, SK, S&K, -sk, .sk, sk., and s.k.

Translingual

Symbol

sk

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

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
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 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. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

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.