Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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meattáhus

  1. mistake, error

Inflection

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Even a-stem, ss-s gradation
Nominative meattáhus
Genitive meattáhusa
Singular Plural
Nominative meattáhus meattáhusat
Accusative meattáhusa meattáhusaid
Genitive meattáhusa meattáhusaid
Illative meattáhussii meattáhusaide
Locative meattáhusas meattáhusain
Comitative meattáhusain meattáhusaiguin
Essive meattáhussan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person meattáhussan meattáhussame meattáhussamet
2nd person meattáhussat meattáhussade meattáhussadet
3rd person meattáhussas meattáhussaska meattáhussaset

Derived terms

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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