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)

  1. silk

Declension
n24s Singular
Indefinite Definite
Nominative silki silkið
Accusative silki silkið
Dative silki silk(i)num
Genitive silkis silkisins

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)

  1. silk

Declension
declension of silki
n-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative silki silkið
accusative silki silkið
dative silki silkinu
genitive silkis silkisins

Further reading

Northern Sami

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈsilːkiː/

Noun

silki

  1. silk

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
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person silkán silkáme silkámet
2nd person silkát silkáde silkádet
3rd person silkis silkiska silkiset

Further reading
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Old Norse

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sēricum.

Noun

silki n (genitive silkis)

  1. silk

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) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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