sieidi

English

sieidi

Etymology

Borrowed from Northern Sami sieidi.

Noun

sieidi (plural sieidis)

1. Among the Sami people, a special site where thanks and offerings are given to the spirits.

Translations

a special site among Sami people where thanks and offerings are given to the spirits

• Northern Sami: sieidi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: seide m

• Russian: сейд (ru) m (sejd), се́йда f (séjda)

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *siejtē.

Noun

sieidi

1. offering stone, sieidi

Inflection

Even i-stem, id-idd gradation
Nominative	sieidi
Genitive	sieiddi sieiddẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sieidi	sieiddit
Accusative	sieiddi	sīiddiid
Genitive	sieiddi sieiddẹ	sīiddiid
Illative	sieidái	sīiddiide
Locative	sieiddis	sīiddiin
Comitative	sīiddiin	sīiddiiguin
Essive	sieidin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person sieidán sieidáme sieidámet 2nd person sieidát sieidáde sieidádet 3rd person sieidis sieidiska sieidiset

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: seide

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