silkė
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Lithuanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish or Old Norse síl, síld.[1][2][3] Cognate with Latvian siļķe.
Pronunciation
Noun
sil̃kė f (plural sil̃kės) stress pattern 2[4][5]
- herring (fish)
- rūkyta silkė ― red herring, smoked herring
Declension
Declension of sil̃kė
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | sil̃kė | sil̃kės |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | sil̃kės | sil̃kių |
| dative (naudininkas) | sil̃kei | sil̃kėms |
| accusative (galininkas) | sil̃kę | silkès |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | silkè | sil̃kėmis |
| locative (vietininkas) | sil̃kėje | sil̃kėse |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | sil̃ke | sil̃kės |
References
- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “sil̃kė”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 550
- ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сельдь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- ^ de Vries, Jan (1977) Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 475
- ^ “silkė”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
- ^ Lithuanian-English, English-Lithuanian Dictionary and Phrasebook, Jurgita Baltrušaitytė