Northern Sami

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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paradiisa

  1. paradise

Inflection

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Even a-stem, is-iss gradation
Nominative paradiisa
Genitive paradiissa
Singular Plural
Nominative paradiisa paradiissat
Accusative paradiissa paradiissaid
Genitive paradiissa paradiissaid
Illative paradiisii paradiissaide
Locative paradiissas paradiissain
Comitative paradiissain paradiissaiguin
Essive paradiisan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person paradiisan paradiisame paradiisamet
2nd person paradiisat paradiisade paradiisadet
3rd person paradiisas paradiisaska paradiisaset

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