scap

See also: SCAP, šćap, and ščap

English

Etymology

Clipping of scapula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skæp/
• Rhymes: -æp

Noun

scap (plural scaps)

1. (bodybuilding, exercise, colloquial) The scapula.

See also

• scap-net

Anagrams

• APCs, CAPS, CAPs, CPAs, CPSA, PACS, PACs, PCAs, SPAC, SPCA, Spac, caps, caps.

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• scapu, ascap, ascapu

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *excappō, a verb based on Late Latin cappa (“cloak”). Compare Romanian scap, scăpa.

Verb

scap (participle scãpatã)

1. to escape
2. to drop (something)
3. to finish

Related terms

• scãpari / scãpare
• scãpat

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skāp.

Noun

scāp n

1. sheep
   • Rhinelandic Rhyming Bible, early 12th century;

     Sine scaf er leret, thie zigen er bekeret.

     He teaches his sheep, he converts the goats

Inflection

Declension of scāp (neuter a-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	scāp	scāp
accusative	scāp	scāp
genitive	scāpes	scāpo
dative	scāpe	scāpon

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: schâep
  • Dutch: schaap
    • Afrikaans: skaap
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: skapu
    • Jersey Dutch: sxâp
    • Negerhollands: skaap, skap
    • Sranan Tongo: skapu
      • Aukan: sikapu
      • Saramaccan: sikáfu, sikápu
    • → Lokono: sjikapoe, shikápo
    • → Warao: sikabo
  • Limburgish: Schoëp, sjaop

Further reading

• “skāp”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɑːp/

Noun

sċāp n (West Saxon)

1. alternative form of sċēap

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	sċāp	sċāp
accusative	sċāp	sċāp
genitive	sċāpes	sċāpa
dative	sċāpe	sċāpum

Old Saxon

Noun

scap n

1. alternative spelling of skap

Romanian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ap

Etymology 1

Verb

scap

1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of scăpa

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French scape.

Noun

scap m (plural scapi)

1. scape

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	scap	scapul		scapi	scapii
genitive-dative	scap	scapului		scapi	scapilor
vocative	scapule			scapilor