silakka
Finnish
Etymology
Originally meant "salted herring". Probably from Swedish sillake, from sill (“herring”) + lake (“brine”) (compare saltlake), referring to the brine herrings were salted with.
Noun
silakka
- A Baltic herring, Clupea harengus membras.
- (nautical, military slang) A drafted navy soldier.
Declension
Inflection of silakka (Kotus type 14*A/solakka, kk-k gradation) | |||
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nominative | silakka | silakat | |
genitive | silakan | silakoiden silakoitten silakkojen | |
partitive | silakkaa | silakoita silakkoja | |
illative | silakkaan | silakoihin silakkoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | silakka | silakat | |
accusative | nom. | silakka | silakat |
gen. | silakan | ||
genitive | silakan | silakoiden silakoitten silakkojen silakkain rare | |
partitive | silakkaa | silakoita silakkoja | |
inessive | silakassa | silakoissa | |
elative | silakasta | silakoista | |
illative | silakkaan | silakoihin silakkoihin | |
adessive | silakalla | silakoilla | |
ablative | silakalta | silakoilta | |
allative | silakalle | silakoille | |
essive | silakkana | silakkoina | |
translative | silakaksi | silakoiksi | |
abessive | silakatta | silakoitta | |
instructive | — | silakoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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