seaila

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian segl.

Noun

seaila

1. seal (something to close/seal off a letter)
2. signet
3. sealing wax

Inflection

Even a-stem, il-ill gradation
Nominative	seaila
Genitive	seailla
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	seaila	seaillat
Accusative	seailla	seaillaid
Genitive	seailla	seaillaid
Illative	sēilii	seaillaide
Locative	seaillas	seaillain
Comitative	seaillain	seaillaiguin
Essive	seailan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person seailan seailame seailamet 2nd person seailat seailade seailadet 3rd person seailas seailaska seailaset

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