silkki
Finnish
Etymology
From Scandinavian languages, compare Swedish, Norwegian and Danish silke (“silk”), Icelandic and Faroese silki (“silk”).
Pronunciation
Noun
silkki
- silk (fine fiber excreted by the silkworm)
- silk (fine, soft cloth woven from silk fibers)
Declension
Inflection of silkki (Kotus type 5*A/risti, kk-k gradation) | ||||
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nominative | silkki | silkit | ||
genitive | silkin | silkkien | ||
partitive | silkkiä | silkkejä | ||
illative | silkkiin | silkkeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | silkki | silkit | ||
accusative | nom. | silkki | silkit | |
gen. | silkin | |||
genitive | silkin | silkkien | ||
partitive | silkkiä | silkkejä | ||
inessive | silkissä | silkeissä | ||
elative | silkistä | silkeistä | ||
illative | silkkiin | silkkeihin | ||
adessive | silkillä | silkeillä | ||
ablative | silkiltä | silkeiltä | ||
allative | silkille | silkeille | ||
essive | silkkinä | silkkeinä | ||
translative | silkiksi | silkeiksi | ||
abessive | silkittä | silkeittä | ||
instructive | — | silkein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Ingrian
Noun
silkki
Lule Sami
Etymology
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Noun
silkki
Inflection
Even i-stem, lkk-lk gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | silkki | |||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | silki | |||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | silkki | silki | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | silkiv | silkijt | ||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | silki | silkij | ||||||||||||||||||||
Illative | silkkij | silkijda | ||||||||||||||||||||
Inessive | silkin | silkijn | ||||||||||||||||||||
Elative | silkis | silkijs | ||||||||||||||||||||
Comitative | silkijn | silkij | ||||||||||||||||||||
Abessive | silkidagá silkidagi |
silkijdagá silkijdagi | ||||||||||||||||||||
Essive | silkkin | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Further reading
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
Noun
silkki