Northern Sami

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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šleađga

  1. electricity

Inflection

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Even a-stem, đg-đgg gradation
Nominative šleađga
Genitive šleađgga
Singular Plural
Nominative šleađga šleađggat
Accusative šleađgga šleađggaid
Genitive šleađgga šleađggaid
Illative šlēđgii šleađggaide
Locative šleađggas šleađggain
Comitative šleađggain šleađggaiguin
Essive šleađgan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person šleađgan šleađgame šleađgamet
2nd person šleađgat šleađgade šleađgadet
3rd person šleađgas šleađgaska šleađgaset

Further reading

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  • 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