Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *peasëtēk.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpea̯ssah(t)/

Verb

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beassat

  1. to be released, to be let go
  2. to avoid, to get out of, to escape

Inflection

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Even a-stem, ss-s gradation
infinitive beassat
1st sing. present beasan
1st sing. past bēssen
infinitive beassat action noun beassan
present participle beasˈsi action inessive beassamin
beassame
past participle beassan action elative beassamis
agent participle action comitative beassamiin
abessive beasakeahttá
present indicative past indicative imperative
1st singular beasan bēssen bēsson
2nd singular beasat bēsset beasa
3rd singular beassá beasai bēssos
1st dual bēsse beasaime beasˈsu
2nd dual beassabeahtti beasaide beasˈsi
3rd dual beassaba beasaiga bēssoska
1st plural beassat beasaimet bēssot
beasˈsut
2nd plural beassabēhtet beasaidet bēsset
beasˈsit
3rd plural bēsset bēsse bēssoset
connegative beasa beassan beasa
conditional 1 conditional 2 potential
1st singular beasašin
beasašedjen
beasalin
beasaledjen
beasažan
2nd singular beasašit
beasašedjet
beasalit
beasaledjet
beasažat
3rd singular beasašii beasalii beasaža
beasaš
1st dual beasašeimme beasaleimme beasažetne
2nd dual beasašeidde beasaleidde beasažeahppi
3rd dual beasašeigga beasaleigga beasažeaba
1st plural beasašeimmet beasaleimmet beasažit
beasažat
2nd plural beasašeiddet beasaleiddet beasažēhpet
3rd plural beasaše
beasašedje
beasale
beasaledje
beasažit
connegative beasaše beasale beasaš

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