oksi

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse oxi, uxi, from Proto-Germanic *uhsô, from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn (“bull”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɔʰksɪ/

Noun

oksi m (genitive singular oksa, plural oksar)

  1. ox
  2. (archaic) bull

Usage notes

The old plural genitive forms øksna and yksna are found in place names, such as Øksnadalur, Øksnagjógv, and Yksnagjógv.

Declension
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

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *okci.

Noun

oksi

  1. (obsolete) bear (Ursus arctos)
Declension
Inflection of oksi (Kotus type 31/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
instructive — oksin
abessive ohdetta oksitta
comitative — oksineen
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Verb

oksi

  1. Third-person singular indicative past form of oksia.

Anagrams
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