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silki

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Faroese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Norse silki (silk), ultimately from Latin sēricum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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silki n (genitive singular silkis, uncountable)

  1. silk

Declension

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n24-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative silki silkið
accusative silki silkið
dative silki silknum, silkinum
genitive silkis silkisins

Icelandic

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Norse silki (silk), ultimately from Latin sēricum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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silki n (genitive singular silkis, no plural)

  1. silk

Declension

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Further reading

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Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Norse silki (silk), ultimately from Latin sēricum.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈsilːkiː/

Noun

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silki

  1. silk

Inflection

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Even i-stem, lk-lkk gradation
Nominative silki
Genitive silkki
silkkẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative silki silkkit
Accusative silkki silkkiid
Genitive silkki
silkkẹ
silkkiid
Illative silkái silkkiide
Locative silkkis silkkiin
Comitative silkkiin silkkiiguin
Essive silkin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person silkán silkáme silkámet
2nd person silkát silkáde silkádet
3rd person silkis silkiska silkiset

Further reading

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  • 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

Old Norse

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin sēricum.

Noun

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silki n (genitive silkis)

  1. silk

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: silki
  • Faroese: silki
  • Norwegian Bokmål: silke
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: silke
  • Swedish: silke
  • Danish: silke
  • Northern Sami: silki

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “silki”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive