Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Old Norse þing.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈtiɡːɡiː/

Noun

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diggi

  1. assembly
  2. court (of law)
  3. justice

Inflection

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Even i-stem, gg-kk gradation
Nominative diggi
Genitive dikki
dikkẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative diggi dikkit
Accusative dikki dikkiid
Genitive dikki
dikkẹ
dikkiid
Illative diggái dikkiide
Locative dikkis dikkiin
Comitative dikkiin dikkiiguin
Essive diggin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person diggán diggáme diggámet
2nd person diggát diggáde diggádet
3rd person diggis diggiska diggiset

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