geahččaleapmi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From geahččalit +‎ -n.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkea̯hːt͡ʃaˌlea̯pmiː/

Noun

geahččaleapmi

1. attempt, try
2. test, experiment

Inflection

Even i-stem, pm-m gradation
Nominative	geahččaleapmi
Genitive	geahččaleami geahččaleamẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	geahččaleapmi	geahččaleamit
Accusative	geahččaleami	geahččalēmiid
Genitive	geahččaleami geahččaleamẹ	geahččalēmiid
Illative	geahččaleapmái	geahččalēmiide
Locative	geahččaleamis	geahččalēmiin
Comitative	geahččalēmiin	geahččalēmiiguin
Essive	geahččaleapmin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person geahččaleapmán geahččaleapmáme geahččaleapmámet 2nd person geahččaleapmát geahččaleapmáde geahččaleapmádet 3rd person geahččaleapmis geahččaleapmiska geahččaleapmiset

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