See also: silke, Silke, šilke, and siļķe

Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Swedish or Old Norse síl, síld.[1][2][3] Cognate with Latvian siļķe.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sil̃kė f (plural sil̃kės) stress pattern 2[4][5]

  1. herring (fish)
    rūkyta silkėred herring, smoked herring

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “sil̃kė”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 550
  2. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сельдь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  3. ^ de Vries, Jan (1977) Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 475
  4. ^ silkė”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  5. ^ Lithuanian-English, English-Lithuanian Dictionary and Phrasebook, Jurgita Baltrušaitytė