-ska

ska SKA skA Finnish Etymology 1 fi diminutive Probably fi -s nominal -kka -(k)ka. Suffix noun skä Forms diminutive nouns. Derived terms fi diminutive fi -skari -ski -sko -sku Etymology 2 fi feminine Borrowed from fi sv -ska, as used in older Swedish as a suffix used to derive feminine nouns (such as sv sångare → sv sångerska, sv major → sv majorska). Suffix noun skä fi colloquial archaic fi now humoristic Used to transform husband's family name or title to a term for addressing or speaking of a married woman. Used especially with family names ending with fi -nen and titles ending -ri. fi Virtanen Virtaska fi pastori pastorska fi kamreeri kamreerska Anagrams fi aks -kas SAK kas Icelandic Etymology 1 Suffix @@:language forms names of languages from countries or demonyms is Japan<t:Japan> japanska<t:Japanese> is Úkraína<t:Ukraine> úkraínska<t:Ukrainian> is Laos<t:Laos> laoska<t:Lao, Laotian> Declension f.sg language Derived terms is -eska, is -neska, is -íska, is -verska Etymology 2 Suffix @@:abstract forms abstract nouns from nouns, verbs and adjectives is illur<t:evil> illska<t:evil> is gleyma<t:to forget> gleymska<t:forgetfulness> is heimur<t:world><qq:originally “abode, home”> heimska<t:stupidity><qq:originally “naiveté, the state of not leaving one's home much”> Declension f.sg abstract Derived terms is -mennska Lower Sorbian Etymology 1 dsb Suffix dsb suffix f noun-forming suffixes used to form the names of countries and regions Derived terms dsb Etymology 2 See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Suffix dsb suffix dsb -ski nom f sg Polish pl Etymology 1 Fusion (phonetics) Coalesced from pl sla-pro *-ьskъ *-ьskaja definite feminine relational adjective suffix. Cognate with cs -ská, sk -ská; be -ская, be -ска́я; etc. Pronunciation ska Suffix pl suffix pl -ski f nom s forms surnames Alternative forms pl -cka -zka Derived terms pl Descendants en -ska 1 uk -ська -ська́ ; -ьска after uk л -л- -ьська́ 1 (influenced) rue -ьска -ьска́ ; -ска after a labial consonant -ска́ 1 (influenced) Etymology 2 pl :inh sla-pro:*-ьskъ<alt:*-ьska><pos:genitive> + 1 Pronunciation Suffix pl suffix pl -sk m gen s Slovak Pronunciation sk /ska/ Adjective sk adjective form sk -sky f nom s Swedish Etymology From sv gmq-osw -ska, from sv gml - nds -sche. Suffix sv suffix f Signifies a female (particularly after professions and nationalities); -ess sv en spanjor och spanjorska a Spaniard and Spaniardess sv en kassör och kassörska a cashier and cashieress sv historic Added to the husband's occupation title to form a courtesy title for the wife or widow. sv en direktörska a wife of a director a directoress sv en kaptenska a wife of a captain a captainess Denotes that the object is related to the aforementioned person or family; -ian, of sv Sahlgrenska University Hospital Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset The Sahlgrenian University Hospital (named after Niclas Sahlgren) sv Callanderska gården Callanderska gården sv The Callanderian estate (named after Sofia Nordvaeger, née Callander (släkt) Callander sv) sv 1815-08-09 61 N. S. Colliander Wexiö Tidning Allmän Kungörelse Publick Notice 4 https://tidningar.kb.se/z98ktsfjwlxm1ps9/part/1/page/4?q=Gyllenpalmska Till Gyllenpalmska Famillen hafva sedan sista redovisning influtit: En skärf från 2:ne Enkor till den fattiga famillen. Många bäckar små göra en stor å, 2 R:dr R:gd d. 17 Juli 1815. Unto the Family of Gyllenpalm hath since the last account been received: A small gift from two widows to the poor family. Many a little makes a mickle, 2 Rixdollars, the 17th of July, 1815. Unto the Gyllenpalmian Family Usage notes In older practice, a husband's title suffixed with -ska formed a title for his wife. For example, the wife of a captain (sv kapten) would be a kaptenska ("captainess"). This practice gradually began dying out around the 1950s. See the article on du-reformen on Wikipedia for more information. Derived terms sv See also sv -erska sv -inna sv fru sv fröken sv herr References svetym 0057.html -ska