Kildin Sami edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Samic *čācē, from Proto-Uralic *śäčä. Cognates include Northern Sami čáhci and Akkala Sami чаһць (čahc’).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ча̄дзь (čādz’)

  1. water

Inflection edit

Declension of ча̄дзь (type I noun, дзь-зь gradation)
Nominative ча̄дзь (čādz’)
Genitive ча̄зь (čāz’)
singular plural
Nominative ча̄дзь (čādz’) ча̄зь (čāz’)
Accusative ча̄зь (čāz’) чоа̄зетҍ (čååz’et’)
Genitive ча̄зь (čāz’) чоа̄зе (čååz’e)
Dative-Illative ча̄дза (čādza) чоа̄зетҍ (čååz’et’)
Locative ча̄зесьт (čāz’es’t) чоа̄зенҍ (čååz’en’)
Comitative чоа̄зенҍ (čååz’en’) чоа̄зегуэйм (čååz’eguejm)
Abessive ча̄зьха (čāz’xa) чоа̄зеха (čååz’exa)
Essive ча̄дзенҍ (čādz’en’)
Partitive ча̄дзе (čādz’e)

Further reading edit

  • N. E. Afanasjeva; 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 385
  • A. Antonova; E. Sheller (2021), “ча̄дзь”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway
  • Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “t́š́ā͕ᴅ̜t̜s̜”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
  • T. I. Itkonen (1958), “t́š́ā͕ᴅ̜t̜s̜”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 649