Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From barbára +‎ -laš.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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barbáralaš (comparative barbáralit or barbáralaččat, superlative barbáraleamos or barbáralaččamus)

  1. barbaric

Inflection

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Even a-stem, žž-čč gradation
Attributive barbáralaš
Nominative barbáralaš
Genitive barbáralačča
Attributive barbáralaš
Singular Plural
Nominative barbáralaš barbáralaččat
Accusative barbáralačča barbáralaččaid
Genitive barbáralačča barbáralaččaid
Illative barbáralažžii barbáralaččaide
Locative barbáralaččas barbáralaččain
Comitative barbáralaččain barbáralaččaiguin
Essive barbáralažžan

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