gáisi

See also: gaisi and gaiši

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kājsē, borrowed from Proto-Norse *ᚷᚨᛁᛉᚨᛉ (*gaiʀaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

gáisi

  1. tall/high mountain (especially one with year-round snow)

Inflection

Even i-stem, is-iss gradation
Nominative gáisi
Genitive gáissi
gáissẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative gáisi gáissit
Accusative gáissi gáissiid
Genitive gáissi
gáissẹ 		gáissiid
Illative gáisái gáissiide
Locative gáissis gáissiin
Comitative gáissiin gáissiiguin
Essive gáisin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person gáisán gáisáme gáisámet
2nd person gáisát gáisáde gáisádet
3rd person gáisis gáisiska gáisiset

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
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