Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Norwegian dimensjon, ultimately from Latin dīmensiō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dimenšuvdna

  1. dimension

Inflection

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Even a-stem, vdn-vnn gradation
Nominative dimenšuvdna
Genitive dimenšuvnna
Singular Plural
Nominative dimenšuvdna dimenšuvnnat
Accusative dimenšuvnna dimenšuvnnaid
Genitive dimenšuvnna dimenšuvnnaid
Illative dimenšuvdnii dimenšuvnnaide
Locative dimenšuvnnas dimenšuvnnain
Comitative dimenšuvnnain dimenšuvnnaiguin
Essive dimenšuvdnan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person dimenšuvdnan dimenšuvdname dimenšuvdnamet
2nd person dimenšuvdnat dimenšuvdnade dimenšuvdnadet
3rd person dimenšuvdnas dimenšuvdnaska dimenšuvdnaset

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