šibit

See also: sibit and şıbıt

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈʃipiːh(t)/

Noun

šibit

1. pet (domesticated animal)
2. livestock

Inflection

Odd, no gradation
Nominative	šibit
Genitive	šibiha
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	šibit	šibihat
Accusative	šibiha	šibihiid
Genitive	šibiha	šibihiid
Illative	šibihii	šibihiidda
Locative	šibihis	šibihiin
Comitative	šibihiin	šibihiiguin
Essive	šibihin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person šibihan šibiheamẹ šibiheamẹt 2nd person šibihat šibiheattẹ šibiheattẹt 3rd person šibihis šibiheaskkạ šibiheasẹt

Derived terms

• šibitdoavttir

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