See also: fasana

Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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fasána

  1. pheasant

Inflection

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Even a-stem, no gradation
Nominative fasána
Genitive fasána
Singular Plural
Nominative fasána fasánat
Accusative fasána fasánaid
Genitive fasána fasánaid
Illative fasánii fasánaide
Locative fasánas fasánain
Comitative fasánain fasánaiguin
Essive fasánan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person fasánan fasáname fasánamet
2nd person fasánat fasánade fasánadet
3rd person fasánas fasánaska fasánaset

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