Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Northern Norwegian skamtid (polar night),[1] of which the first element derives from Old Norse skammr (short),[2] from Proto-Germanic *skammaz (short). Compare Icelandic skammur.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈskaːbːma/
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Noun

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skábma

  1. polar night
    Antonym: gaskaijabeaivváš

Inflection

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Even a-stem, bm-pm gradation
Nominative skábma
Genitive skápma
Singular Plural
Nominative skábma skápmat
Accusative skápma skápmaid
Genitive skápma skápmaid
Illative skábmii skápmaide
Locative skápmas skápmain
Comitative skápmain skápmaiguin
Essive skábman
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person skábman skábmame skábmamet
2nd person skábmat skábmade skábmadet
3rd person skábmas skábmaska skábmaset

Derived terms

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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

References

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  1. ^ Per Jernsletten (1991) Giella Skálla (in Northern Sami), Iđut, →ISBN, page 62
  2. ^ Lars Eskeland (1906) Norsk rettskrivings-ordbok (in Norwegian Nynorsk), Christiania [Oslo]: Olaf Norlis Folrag, page 90