jiilgish

Navajo

Etymology

dzi- (“away into distance”) + -yi- (semelfactive) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -gish (semelfactive stem of root -GIZH, “to flash”).

Verb

jiilgish

(Alternative semelfactive form of jiilgéésh) lightning flashes

Conjugation

Paradigm: Semelfactive (yii/si), third person only.

	3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE	jiilgish
PERFECTIVE	jishgish
FUTURE	jidoolgish