Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *kientē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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gieddi

  1. field
  2. (physics) field

Inflection

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Even i-stem, dd-tt gradation
Nominative gieddi
Genitive gietti
giettẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative gieddi giettit
Accusative gietti gīttiid
Genitive gietti
giettẹ
gīttiid
Illative gieddái gīttiide
Locative giettis gīttiin
Comitative gīttiin gīttiiguin
Essive gieddin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person gieddán gieddáme gieddámet
2nd person gieddát gieddáde gieddádet
3rd person gieddis gieddiska gieddiset

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