Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Norwegian abstrakt, Swedish abstrakt, Finnish abstrakti.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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abstrákta (comparative abstrávttat, superlative abstrávttamus)

  1. abstract

Inflection

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Even a-stem, kt-vtt gradation
Attributive abstrákta
Nominative abstrákta
Genitive abstrávtta
Attributive abstrákta
Singular Plural
Nominative abstrákta abstrávttat
Accusative abstrávtta abstrávttaid
Genitive abstrávtta abstrávttaid
Illative abstráktii abstrávttaide
Locative abstrávttas abstrávttain
Comitative abstrávttain abstrávttaiguin
Essive abstráktan

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