scathe

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (British, archaic, countable, dialectal, uncountable) Damage, harm, hurt, injury.
2. (British, archaic, countable, dialectal) Someone who, or something which, causes harm; an injurer.
3. (British, archaic, countable, dialectal, obsolete) An injury or loss for which compensation is sought in a lawsuit; damage; also, expenses incurred by a claimant; costs.
4. (British, archaic, dialectal, uncountable) Something to be mourned or regretted.

Verb

1. (British, Scotland, archaic, dialectal, transitive) To harm or injure (someone or something) physically.
2. (British, Scotland, archaic, dialectal, obsolete, specifically, transitive) To harm or injure (someone or something) physically.
3. (British, archaic, broadly, dialectal, literary, poetic, transitive) To harm, injure, or destroy (someone or something) by fire, lightning, or some other heat source; to blast; to scorch; to wither.
4. (British, archaic, dialectal, figuratively, transitive) To severely hurt (someone's feelings, soul, etc., or something intangible) through acts, words spoken, etc.

Concepts

insulte

préjudice

dégât

détériorer

dommage

diminution

Synonymes

damage

hurt

harm

injure

injury

sear

slash

wound

blast

scotch

detriment

lash

scar

scorch

Traductions

affronto

ζημιά

danno

mal

βλάβη

dany

perjuicio

perjudici

schaden

daño

Einbuße

Schaden

تخْرِيب

تلف

Beleidigung

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/skeɪð/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: scath

Appartenant à ancien anglais: sċeaþa

Appartenant à écossais: skaith

Appartenant à néerlandais: schade

Appartenant à allemand: schaden

Appartenant à norvégien: skade

Appartenant à suédois: skada

Appartenant à islandais: skaði

Appartenant à polonais: szkoda

Appartenant à russe: шко́да

Appartenant à biélorusse: шко́дa

Appartenant à ukrainien: шко́да

Hérité de moyen anglais: scathen

Appartenant à ancien anglais: sceaþian

Appartenant à albanais: shkathët

Appartenant à danois: skade

Appartenant à néerlandais: schaden

Appartenant à gotique: 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽

Appartenant à grec ancien: ἀσκηθής

Appartenant à Old Frisian: skathia

Appartenant à ancien haut allemand: skadôn

Appartenant à moyen haut-allemand: schaden

Appartenant à vieux norrois: skeðja

Appartenant à Old Saxon: scaðon

In summary

From Middle English scath, scathe [and other forms], from Old Norse skaði (“damage, harm; loss; death; murder”), from Proto-Germanic *skaþô (“damage, scathe; one who causes damage, injurer”, noun) (whence Old English sċeaþa, sċeaþu (“scathe, harm, injury”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keh₁t- (“damage, harm”). Cognate with German Schaden (“damage, harm”).
cognates
* Scots skaith
* Dutch schade
* German schaden
* Norwegian skade
* Swedish skada
* Icelandic skaði
* Polish szkoda
* Russian шко́да (škóda)
* Belarusian шко́дa (škóda)
* Ukrainian шко́да (škóda)