dieigi

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtie̯jːkiː/

Noun

dieigi

1. cataract

Inflection

Even i-stem, ig-igg gradation
Nominative	dieigi
Genitive	dieiggi dieiggẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dieigi	dieiggit
Accusative	dieiggi	dīiggiid
Genitive	dieiggi dieiggẹ	dīiggiid
Illative	dieigái	dīiggiide
Locative	dieiggis	dīiggiin
Comitative	dīiggiin	dīiggiiguin
Essive	dieigin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person dieigán dieigáme dieigámet 2nd person dieigát dieigáde dieigádet 3rd person dieigis dieigiska dieigiset

Derived terms

• dieigut

Further reading

• 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