# σκηνή
## Ancient Greek
### Etymology

Usually said to be a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- (“shade, shadow”), originally referring to a light construction of cloth hung between tree branches to provide a shadow which could be used for shelter an other activities, though the vocalism is difficult to explain as full grade *sḱeh₃- gives σκω (skō) and zero grade *sḱh₃- gives σκο (sko).
Alternatively, possibly a Semitic loanword related to Hebrew שָׁכַן (shakhán) and Arabic سَكَنَ (sakana, “to dwell, reside, inhabit”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /skɛː.nɛ̌ː/ → /sciˈni/ → /sciˈni/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /skɛː.nɛ̌ː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ske̝ˈne̝/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /sciˈni/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /sciˈni/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /sciˈni/

### Noun

σκηνή • (skēnḗ) f (genitive σκηνῆς); first declension
* tent
* (theater) stage

#### Derived terms

* ἐπισκηνόω (episkēnóō)
* προσκήνιον (proskḗnion)
* σκηνάω (skēnáō)
* σκηνέω (skēnéō)
* σκηνικός (skēnikós)
* σκηνίτης (skēnítēs)
* σκηνοβατέω (skēnobatéō)
* σκηνογράφος (skēnográphos)
* σκηνοθήκη (skēnothḗkē)
* σκηνοπηγία (skēnopēgía)
* σκηνοποιός (skēnopoiós)
* σκηνορράφος (skēnorrháphos)
* σκηνοφῠ́λᾰξ (skēnophŭ́lăx)
* σκηνόω (skēnóō)
* σκήνωσις (skḗnōsis)

#### Descendants

* Greek: σκηνή (skiní)
* → Coptic: ⲥⲕⲩⲛⲏ (skunē)
* → English: skene
* → Latin: scēna, scaena
** Catalan: escena
** → German: Szene
*** → Russian: сцена (scena)
** Italian: scena
*** → English: scena
** Middle French: scene
*** → English: scene
*** French: scène
**** → Dutch: scène
*** Norman: scène
** Portuguese: cena
** Romanian: scenă
** → Serbo-Croatian: сцена, scena
** Spanish: escena

### References

* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σκηνή”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1349

### Further reading

* “σκηνή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* σκηνή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* G4633 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
* Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited. booth idem, page 89.cabin idem, page 108.canopy idem, page 111.canvas idem, page 111.dwelling idem, page 257.hut idem, page 412.pavilion idem, page 599.scene idem, page 738.scenery idem, page 738.shanty idem, page 762.stage idem, page 808.temple idem, page 860.tent idem, page 862.
* “σκηνή”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

## Greek
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, “theatre stage”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sciˈni]
* Homophone: σκοινί (skoiní)

### Noun

σκηνή • (skiní) f (plural σκηνές)
* (Ancient Greek theatre) skene
* (theater) scene, stage
* incident, scene (where an incident occurred)
    η σκηνή εγκλήματος.i skiní egklímatos.the crime scene.
* tent
    Synonym: τέντα (ténta)

#### Related terms

* αντίσκηνο n (antískino, “small tent, bivvy”)
* σκηνικό n (skinikó, “scenery, scene”)
* σκηνικός (skinikós, “stage, scene”, adjective)