Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Norwegian divisjon, ultimately from Latin dīvīsiō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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divišuvdna

  1. division

Inflection

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Even a-stem, vdn-vnn gradation
Nominative divišuvdna
Genitive divišuvnna
Singular Plural
Nominative divišuvdna divišuvnnat
Accusative divišuvnna divišuvnnaid
Genitive divišuvnna divišuvnnaid
Illative divišuvdnii divišuvnnaide
Locative divišuvnnas divišuvnnain
Comitative divišuvnnain divišuvnnaiguin
Essive divišuvdnan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person divišuvdnan divišuvdname divišuvdnamet
2nd person divišuvdnat divišuvdnade divišuvdnadet
3rd person divišuvdnas divišuvdnaska divišuvdnaset

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