dieigi

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈtie̯jːkiː/

Noun

dieigi

  1. cataract

Inflection

Even i-stem, ig-igg gradation
Nominative dieigi
Genitive dieiggi
dieiggẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative dieigi dieiggit
Accusative dieiggi dīiggiid
Genitive dieiggi
dieiggẹ
dīiggiid
Illative dieigái dīiggiide
Locative dieiggis dīiggiin
Comitative dīiggiin dīiggiiguin
Essive dieigin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person dieigán dieigáme dieigámet
2nd person dieigát dieigáde dieigádet
3rd person dieigis dieigiska dieigiset

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland