skaz

See also: skaź and skaż

English

Etymology

From Russian сказ (skaz, “tale”).

Noun

skaz (uncountable)

  1. A literary technique wherein characters are mainly identified by the linguistic specificities of their speech.
    • 1993, Monika Fludernik, The fictions of language and the languages of fiction:
      […] however, Banfield goes on to posit that first person narrative comes in two shapes, one of which is speakerless while the other corresponds with skaz […]
    • 2000, Jeremy Hicks, Mikhail Zoshchenko and the poetics of skaz:
      She argues that the chief means of indicating the distance between the two levels in grotesque-ironic skaz is 'linguistic discrediting' […]

Anagrams

Old High German

Alternative forms
  • scaz

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skatt.

Noun

skaz m

  1. treasure
  2. money
  3. wealth
  4. tax

Declension
Declension of skaz (masculine a-stem)
case singular plural
nominative skaz skaza
accusative skaz skaza
genitive skazes skazo
dative skaze skazum
instrumental skazu —

Descendants
  • Middle High German: schaz, schatz
    • German: Schatz (see there for further descendants)
    • Luxembourgish: Schatz

References
  1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /skas/
  • Rhymes: -as
  • Syllabification: skaz

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Russian сказ (skaz, “tale”).

Noun

skaz m inan

  1. (literature) skaz (Russian narrative form)
Declension
Declension of skaz
singular plural
nominative skaz skazy
genitive skazu skazów
dative skazowi skazom
accusative skaz skazy
instrumental skazem skazami
locative skazie skazach
vocative skazie skazy

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

skaz f

  1. genitive plural of skaza

Further reading
  • skaz in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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