silakka
Finnish
Etymology
Originally meant "salted herring". Probably from Swedish sillake, from sill (“herring”) + lake (“brine”) (compare saltlake), referring to the brine herrings were salted with.
Noun
silakka
- A Baltic herring, Clupea harengus membras.
- (nautical, military slang) A drafted navy soldier.
Declension
| Inflection of silakka (Kotus type 14/solakka, kk-k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | silakka | silakat | |
| genitive | silakan | silakoiden silakoitten silakkojen | |
| partitive | silakkaa | silakoita silakkoja | |
| illative | silakkaan | silakoihin silakkoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | silakka | silakat | |
| accusative | nom. | silakka | silakat |
| gen. | silakan | ||
| genitive | silakan | silakoiden silakoitten silakkojen silakkainrare | |
| partitive | silakkaa | silakoita silakkoja | |
| inessive | silakassa | silakoissa | |
| elative | silakasta | silakoista | |
| illative | silakkaan | silakoihin silakkoihin | |
| adessive | silakalla | silakoilla | |
| ablative | silakalta | silakoilta | |
| allative | silakalle | silakoille | |
| essive | silakkana | silakkoina | |
| translative | silakaksi | silakoiksi | |
| instructive | — | silakoin | |
| abessive | silakatta | silakoitta | |
| comitative | — | silakkoineen | |
Derived terms
Derived terms
- silakkafile
- silakkalaatikko
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