silki
Faroese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse silki (“silk”), ultimately from Latin sēricum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɪl̥t͡ʃɪ/
- Rhymes: -ɪl̥t͡ʃɪ
Noun
silki n (genitive singular silkis, uncountable)
Declension
| n24-s | singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | silki | silkið |
| accusative | silki | silkið |
| dative | silki | silknum, silkinum |
| genitive | silkis | silkisins |
Derived terms
Icelandic
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse silki (“silk”), ultimately from Latin sēricum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɪl̥cɪ/
- Rhymes: -ɪl̥cɪ
Noun
silki n (genitive singular silkis, no plural)
Declension
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | silki | silkið |
| accusative | silki | silkið |
| dative | silki | silkinu |
| genitive | silkis | silkisins |
Derived terms
- silkimjúkur
Further reading
- “silki” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Northern Sami
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse silki (“silk”), ultimately from Latin sēricum.
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈsilːkiː/
Noun
silki
Inflection
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
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
Old Norse
Etymology
Noun
silki n (genitive silkis)
Derived terms
- silkiband
- silkiblaka
- silkibleikr
- silkidúkr
- silkihjúpr
- silkihlað
- silkikult
- silkisaumaðr
- silkislœðr, silkislǿðr
- silkitreyja
- silkiþráðr
Descendants
- Icelandic: silki
- Faroese: silki
- Norwegian Bokmål: silke
- Norwegian Nynorsk: silke
- Swedish: silke
- Danish: silke
- → Northern Sami: silki
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “silki”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive