рӯккс

Kildin Sami

(1) Манӭмьчальмэ рӯкс.

(2) Рӯккс лышькэсьт.

Alternative forms

• рӯффс (rūffs)

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *rāvsā, from Proto-Finnic *rauha (whence Ingrian rauha). Doublet of рӯккьс (rūkk’s).

Related to Finnish rauhanen. Cognate with Northern Sami ráksá and Skolt Sami rähss.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈruːkːs/

Noun

рӯккс (rūkks)

1. (obsolete or dialectal) gland, tonsil (especially in reindeer meat or caul)

   рӯкксвуэннч ― rūkksvuennč ― glandulous meat

2. (obsolete or dialectal) boil, swelling

Inflection

Declension of рӯккс (type I noun, ккс-кс gradation)
Nominative	рӯккс (rūkks)
Genitive	рӯкс (rūks)
	singular	plural
Nominative	рӯккс (rūkks)	рӯкс (rūks)
Accusative	рӯкс (rūks)	рӯксэтҍ (rūkset’)
Genitive	рӯкс (rūks)	рӯксэ (rūkse)
Dative-Illative	рӯккьсэ (rūkk’se)	рӯксэтҍ (rūkset’)
Locative	рӯксэсьт (rūkses’t)	рӯксэнҍ (rūksen’)
Comitative	рӯксэнҍ (rūksen’)	рӯксэгуэйм (rūkseguejm)
Abessive	рӯксха (rūksxa)	рӯксэха (rūksexa)
Essive	рӯкксэнҍ (rūkksen’)
Partitive	рӯкксэ (rūkkse)

Derived terms

• рӯккьсай / рӯкксъесь (rūkk’saj / rūkks’es’)
• рӯкьсъе (rūk’s’e)
• рӯфсэнч, рӯфса (rūfsenč, rūfsa)

 

Synonyms

Boil, swelling

• пуэг (pueg)
• сӣйй са̄йй (sījj sājj)

 

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “rūk̄s”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• T. I. Itkonen (1958) “rūk̄s”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎^[2], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 415