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

  1. A Baltic herring, Clupea harengus membras.
  2. (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

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