Borrowed from Old Swedish silke, Old Norse silki, ultimately from Latin sēricus (see it and English silk for further etymology).
silkki
| Inflection of silkki (Kotus type 5*A/risti, kk-k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | silkki | silkit | |
| genitive | silkin | silkkien | |
| partitive | silkkiä | silkkejä | |
| illative | silkkiin | silkkeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | silkki | silkit | |
| accusative | nom. | silkki | silkit |
| gen. | silkin | ||
| genitive | silkin | silkkien | |
| partitive | silkkiä | silkkejä | |
| inessive | silkissä | silkeissä | |
| elative | silkistä | silkeistä | |
| illative | silkkiin | silkkeihin | |
| adessive | silkillä | silkeillä | |
| ablative | silkiltä | silkeiltä | |
| allative | silkille | silkeille | |
| essive | silkkinä | silkkeinä | |
| translative | silkiksi | silkeiksi | |
| abessive | silkittä | silkeittä | |
| instructive | — | silkein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
silkki
| Even i-stem, lkk-lk gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | silkki | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | silki | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nominative | silkki | silki | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | silkiv | silkijt | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | silki | silkij | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Illative | silkkij | silkijda | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Inessive | silkin | silkijn | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Elative | silkis | silkijs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Comitative | silkijn | silkij | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Abessive | silkidagá silkidagi |
silkijdagá silkijdagi | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Essive | silkkin | |||||||||||||||||||||
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silkki