haili

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic [Term?]. Cognates include dialectal Estonian ail and Votic aili.

Noun

haili

  1. (dated) fresh Baltic herring (Baltic herring that is sold fresh, i.e. not salted, smoked, pickled or preserved in any other way)
  2. Synonym of silakka (Baltic herring)

Declension

Inflection of haili (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative haili hailit
genitive hailin hailien
partitive hailia haileja
illative hailiin haileihin
singular plural
nominative haili hailit
accusative nom. haili hailit
gen. hailin
genitive hailin hailien
partitive hailia haileja
inessive hailissa haileissa
elative hailista haileista
illative hailiin haileihin
adessive haililla haileilla
ablative haililta haileilta
allative hailille haileille
essive hailina haileina
translative hailiksi haileiksi
instructive hailein
abessive hailitta haileitta
comitative haileineen

Anagrams


Votic

Etymology

Borrowed from another Finnic language, most likely Finnish haili, due to initial h-. Doublet with aili.

Noun

haili (genitive hailii, partitive [please provide])

  1. Baltic herring

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

  • "haili" in Vadja keele sõnaraamat
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