Akkala Sami edit

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian лежа́ть (ležátʹ).

Cognates include Skolt Sami liâššâd, Kildin Sami ле̄шшэ (liešše) and Kildin Sami ле̄шшэд (lieššed).

Pronunciation edit

IPA(key): /ˈʎɛʃːɪ/

Verb edit

лешшӹ (l’eššï)

  1. to lie (to be in a horizontal position)

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of лешшӹ
infinitive лешшӹ (l’eššï)
present participle [Term?]
past participle лешшмыш (l’eššmyš)
gerund лешшмэнҍ (l’eššmen’)
verbal abessive [Term?]
present indicative past indicative imperative
1st singular лежжам (l’ežžam) лешшӹм (l’eššïm)
2nd singular лежжак (l’ežžak) лешшӹк (l’eššïk) лежж (l’ežž)
3rd singular лешш (l’ešš) лежжӹ (l’ežžï) [Term?]
1st plural лешшэпь (l’eššep’) лежжӹм (l’ežžïm) [Term?]
2nd plural лешшветтҍэ (l’eššv’ett’e) лежжӹт (l’ežžït) лешшӹ (l’eššï)
3rd plural лежжӓтҍ (l’ežžät’) лежжӹш (l’ežžïš) [Term?]
connegative лежж (l’ežž) лешшмыш (l’eššmyš) лежж (l’ežž)
present conditional past conditional
1st singular лежжчим (l’ežžčim) [Term?]
2nd singular лежжчик (l’ežžčik) [Term?]
3rd singular лежжчи (l’ežžči) [Term?]
1st plural лежжчипь (l’ežžčip’) [Term?]
2nd plural лежжчиппе (l’ežžčipp’e) [Term?]
3rd plural лежжчат (l’ežžčat) [Term?]
connegative [Term?] [Term?]

Further reading edit

  • P. M. Zajkov (1987) G. M. Kert, editor, Бабинский диалект саамского языка (фонолого-морфологическое исследование) [Babin dialect of the Sami language], Petrozavodsk: Карельский филиал АН СССР; Институт языка, литературы и истории, pages 105-106
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “leššɵ-”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland