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

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

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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