skalp

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English scalp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃkɒlp]
• Hyphenation: skalp
• Rhymes: -ɒlp

Noun

skalp (plural skalpok)

1. (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

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	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

Possessive forms of skalp
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

• skalpol

 

Compound words

• skalpvadász

 

Further reading

• skalp in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English scalp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skâlp/

Noun

skȁlp m (Cyrillic spelling ска̏лп)

1. (anatomy) scalp

Declension

Declension of skalp

	singular	plural
nominative	skȁlp	skàlpovi
genitive	skalpa	skalpova
dative	skalpu	skalpovima
accusative	skalp	skalpove
vocative	skalpe	skalpovi
locative	skalpu	skalpovima
instrumental	skalpom	skalpovima

Swedish

Noun

skalp c

1. a scalp (the part of the head where the hair grows from, possibly removed)

Declension

Declension of skalp
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	skalp	skalpen	skalper	skalperna
Genitive	skalps	skalpens	skalpers	skalpernas

See also

• skalpera (“to scalp”)

References

• skalp in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• skalp in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• skalp in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Volapük

Noun

skalp (nominative plural skalps)

1. scalp

Declension

declension of skalp

	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