Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From ēinnostit +‎ -us.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈeːjnnostus/

Noun

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ēinnostus

  1. prediction
  2. prophecy

Inflection

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Even a-stem, ss-s gradation
Nominative ēinnostus
Genitive ēinnostusa
Singular Plural
Nominative ēinnostus ēinnostusat
Accusative ēinnostusa ēinnostusaid
Genitive ēinnostusa ēinnostusaid
Illative ēinnostussii ēinnostusaide
Locative ēinnostusas ēinnostusain
Comitative ēinnostusain ēinnostusaiguin
Essive ēinnostussan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person ēinnostussan ēinnostussame ēinnostussamet
2nd person ēinnostussat ēinnostussade ēinnostussadet
3rd person ēinnostussas ēinnostussaska ēinnostussaset

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