Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Norwegian silisium.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈsiliːˌsiuːm/

Noun

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silīsium

  1. silicon

Inflection

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Odd, no gradation
Nominative silīsium
Genitive silīsiuma
Singular Plural
Nominative silīsium silīsiumat
Accusative silīsiuma silīsiumiid
Genitive silīsiuma silīsiumiid
Illative silīsiumii silīsiumiidda
Locative silīsiumis silīsiumiin
Comitative silīsiumiin silīsiumiiguin
Essive silīsiumin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person silīsiuman silīsiumeamẹ silīsiumeamẹt
2nd person silīsiumat silīsiumeattẹ silīsiumeattẹt
3rd person silīsiumis silīsiumeaskkạ silīsiumeasẹt

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

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Latin silicium, derived from silex.

Noun

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silisium n (definite singular silisiumet, uncountable)

  1. silicon (non-metallic chemical element, symbol Si)
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Latin silicium, derived from silex.

Noun

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silisium n (definite singular silisiumet, uncountable)

  1. silicon (as above)
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References

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