sikta

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈsikːta/

Noun

sikta

1. sight, line of sight

Inflection

Even a-stem, kt-vtt gradation
Nominative	sikta
Genitive	sivtta
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sikta	sivttat
Accusative	sivtta	sivttaid
Genitive	sivtta	sivttaid
Illative	siktii	sivttaide
Locative	sivttas	sivttain
Comitative	sivttain	sivttaiguin
Essive	siktan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person siktan siktame siktamet 2nd person siktat siktade siktadet 3rd person siktas siktaska siktaset

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• sikten (of sikt)
• siktene (of sikte)
• siktet (of verb)

Noun

sikta m or f

1. definite feminine singular of sikt (Etymology 2)

sikta n

1. definite plural of sikte

Verb

sikta

1. inflection of sikte:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• sikten (of sikt, Etymology 1)

Noun

sikta m or f

1. definite feminine singular of sikt (Etymology 1)

sikta f

1. definite singular of sikt (Etymology 2)

sikta n

1. definite plural of sikte

Swedish

Etymology

sikt +‎ -a, relating to se (“to see”)

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

sikta (present siktar, preterite siktade, supine siktat, imperative sikta)

1. to sight, to see, to make a sighting

   Kungsörn har siktats

   Golden eagle has been sighted

2. to aim

   Han siktade på mig

   He aimed at me

3. (figuratively) to aim (for), to home (in on) (have as goal)

   Mannen siktade in sig på en mysig hemmakväll

   The man was aiming to have a cozy evening at home

4. to sift

   siktat mjöl

   sifted flour

Conjugation

Conjugation of sikta (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	sikta		siktas
Supine	siktat		siktats
Imperative	sikta		—
Imper. plural1	sikten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	siktar	siktade	siktas	siktades
Ind. plural1	sikta	siktade	siktas	siktades
Subjunctive2	sikte	siktade	siktes	siktades
	Participles
Present participle	siktande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• sikte

See also

• rikta

References

• sikta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sikta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sikta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• kisat, kista, skita