Ingrian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *lakci. Cognates include Finnish laksi.

The original inflection was akin to yks (genitive lahen, partitive lahta), witnessed by the analogically formed lahti, but this inflection is not attested in Ingrian.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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laksi

  1. (dialectal, obsolete) Synonym of zaliva

Declension

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Declension of laksi (type 5/lehti, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative laksi lakset
genitive laksen laksiin, laksiloin
partitive laksia laksija, laksiloja
illative laksee laksii, laksiloihe
inessive laksees laksiis, laksilois
elative laksest laksist, laksiloist
allative lakselle laksille, laksiloille
adessive lakseel laksiil, laksiloil
ablative lakselt laksilt, laksiloilt
translative lakseks laksiks, laksiloiks
essive laksenna, lakseen laksinna, laksiloinna, laksiin, laksiloin
exessive1) laksent laksint, laksiloint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

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References

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  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 246

Karelian

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Noun

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laksi (genitive lahen, partitive lahta)

  1. Superseded spelling of lakši.

References

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  • P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “laksi”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN
  • P. M. Zaykov (1999) Грамматика Карельского языка (фонетика и морфология) [Grammar of the Karelian language (phonetics and morphology)], →ISBN, pages 36-37

Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *lëpsē.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈlakːsiː/

Noun

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laksi

  1. dew

Inflection

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Even i-stem, ks-vss gradation
Nominative laksi
Genitive lavssi
lavssẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative laksi lavssit
Accusative lavssi lavssiid
Genitive lavssi
lavssẹ
lavssiid
Illative laksái lavssiide
Locative lavssis lavssiin
Comitative lavssiin lavssiiguin
Essive laksin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person laksán laksáme laksámet
2nd person laksát laksáde laksádet
3rd person laksis laksiska laksiset

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