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

• “silki” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

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^[1], 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^[2], Oxford: Clarendon Press