From Old Norse oxi, uxi, from Proto-Germanic *uhsô, from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn (“bull”).
oksi m (genitive singular oksa, plural oksar)
The old plural genitive forms øksna and yksna are found in place names, such as Øksnadalur, Øksnagjógv, and Yksnagjógv.
| Declension of oksi | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m1 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | oksi | oksin | oksar | oksarnir |
| accusative | oksa | oksan | oksar | oksarnar |
| dative | oksa | oksanum | oksum | oksunum |
| genitive | oksa | oksans | oksa | oksanna |
From Proto-Finnic *okci. Related to Erzya овто (ovto, “bear”).
This term was displaced by euphemisms such as karhu, mesikämmen and kontio due to traditional Finnic beliefs relating to bears.
oksi (obsolete)
| Inflection of oksi (Kotus type 31*F/kaksi, t-d gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | oksi | ohdet | |
| genitive | ohden | oksien | |
| partitive | ohta | oksia | |
| illative | ohteen | oksiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | oksi | ohdet | |
| accusative | nom. | oksi | ohdet |
| gen. | ohden | ||
| genitive | ohden | oksien | |
| partitive | ohta | oksia | |
| inessive | ohdessa | oksissa | |
| elative | ohdesta | oksista | |
| illative | ohteen | oksiin | |
| adessive | ohdella | oksilla | |
| ablative | ohdelta | oksilta | |
| allative | ohdelle | oksille | |
| essive | ohtena | oksina | |
| translative | ohdeksi | oksiksi | |
| abessive | ohdetta | oksitta | |
| instructive | — | oksin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
oksi
Apocopic form of oké (“okay”) + -si (diminutive suffix).
oksi