äʹlǧǧed

Skolt Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ālkētēk.

Verb

äʹlǧǧed

1. to begin

Inflection

Even e-stem, ʹlǧǧ-ʹlɉ gradation
infinitive	äʹlǧǧed
1st sing. present	äälǥam
1st sing. past	aʹlǧǧem
infinitive	äʹlǧǧed
present participle	aʹlǧǧi
past participle	älggam
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	äälǥam	aʹlǧǧem	—
2nd singular	äälǥak	aʹlǧǧiǩ	ääʹlj
3rd singular	älgg	aaʹlji	äälǥas
1st plural	äʹlǧǧep	aaʹljim	äʹlǧǧep
2nd plural	äʹlǧǧveʹted	aaʹljid	äʹlǧǧed
3rd plural	äʹlǧǧe	aʹlǧǧe	älggaz
4th person	ääʹljet	aʹlǧǧeš	—
connegative	ääʹlj	älggam	ääʹlj
	conditional	potential
1st singular	ääʹljčem	aaʹljžem
2nd singular	ääʹljčiǩ	aaʹljžiǩ
3rd singular	ääʹljči	aaʹljež
1st plural	ääʹljčim	aaʹljžep
2nd plural	ääʹljčid	aaʹljžid
3rd plural	ääʹljče	aaʹljže
4th person	ääʹljčeš	aaʹljžet
connegative	ääʹljče	aaʹljže

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