ükš
Livonian
Alternative forms
- ikš
- ykš
Numeral
ükš
- Archaic form of ikš.
Declension
| singular (ikšlug) | plural (pǟgiņlug) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīv) | ükš | — |
| genitive (genitīv) | ǖd ǖt | — |
| partitive (partitīv) | — | — |
| dative (datīv) | — | — |
| instrumental (instrumentāl) | ǖdkõks | — |
| illative (illatīv) | ǖdõ | — |
| inessive (inesīv) | — | — |
| elative (elatīv) | — | — |
Note: only attested forms shown, inessives and elatives omitted as too ambiguous, there is also an instructive form attested – ükšin. Voiced ⟨d⟩ and unvoiced ⟨t⟩ are apparently interchangeable in Sjögren's notation, or dialectal. There is a noun-like plural ükšīd meaning "units."
References
Andreas Johan Sjögren, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann (1861), Livisch-deutsches und deutsch-livisches Wörterbuch, page 125, "Ükš (L. juks) ein; einzig, allein, nur; pl. ükšīd 2. Einheiten; ǖd pǟl ied sich vereinbaren, abschliessen (einen Kauf etc.); ǖdis (ǖdkõks) tied vereinbaren; ükš tävž (od. ǖtist, ükš pālka, L. ütiši) einerlei, gleichviel; äb ǖd... bet ka nicht nur... sondern auch; ǖdõs ǖd (ǖtis ǖd), ǖdõ kabāl immer, immerfort; ǖd igāli von gleichem Alter, ǖd kȭrdlimi (kǖrdlimi) einerlei; ǖd nõvli einverstanden; ǖd smaga gleich schwer; ǖt vannit gleich alt; ükšin, ükšin ǖd einzeln."