pessimisma

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian pessimisme.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰessiːˌmisːma/

Noun

pessimisma

1. pessimism

   Antonym: optimisma

Inflection

Even a-stem, sm-smm gradation
Nominative	pessimisma
Genitive	pessimismma
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pessimisma	pessimismmat
Accusative	pessimismma	pessimismmaid
Genitive	pessimismma	pessimismmaid
Illative	pessimismii	pessimismmaide
Locative	pessimismmas	pessimismmain
Comitative	pessimismmain	pessimismmaiguin
Essive	pessimisman
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person pessimisman pessimismame pessimismamet 2nd person pessimismat pessimismade pessimismadet 3rd person pessimismas pessimismaska pessimismaset

Related terms

• pessimista

Further reading

• 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