ма̄дт

Kildin Sami

Ма̄дт.

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *mātō.

Related to Finnish mato. Cognates include Northern Sami máhtu and Skolt Sami määtt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːd̥͡t/

Noun

ма̄дт (mādt)

1. worm

Inflection

Declension of ма̄дт (type I noun, дт-д gradation)
Nominative	ма̄дт (mādt)
Genitive	ма̄д (mād)
	singular	plural
Nominative	ма̄дт (mādt)	ма̄д (mād)
Accusative	ма̄д (mād)	ма̄дэтҍ (mādet’)
Genitive	ма̄д (mād)	ма̄дэ (māde)
Dative-Illative	моа̄дтэ (måådte)	ма̄дэтҍ (mādet’)
Locative	ма̄дэсьт (mādes’t)	ма̄дэнҍ (māden’)
Comitative	ма̄дэнҍ (māden’)	ма̄дэгуэйм (mādeguejm)
Abessive	ма̄дха (mādxa)	ма̄дэха (mādexa)
Essive	ма̄дтэнҍ (mādten’)
Partitive	ма̄дтэ (mādte)

See also

• сӯккс (sūkks)
• саһкь (sahk’)
• це̄ррв (cierrv)
• кӯввт (kūvvt)

Further reading

• N. E. Afanasjeva with R. D. Kuruch, E. I. Mechkina, A. A. Antonova, L. D. Jakovlev, B. A. Gluhov (1985) R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект) [Sámi-Russian dictionary (Kildin dialect)]‎^[1], Русский язык, page 179
• A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “ма̄дт”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway
• T. I. Itkonen (1958) “mā͕ᴅt”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎^[2], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 896
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “mā͕ᴅt”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[3], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland