veaddi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *veantē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

veaddi

1. fine root

Inflection

Even i-stem, dd-tt gradation
Nominative	veaddi
Genitive	veatti veattẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	veaddi	veattit
Accusative	veatti	vēttiid
Genitive	veatti veattẹ	vēttiid
Illative	veaddái	vēttiide
Locative	veattis	vēttiin
Comitative	vēttiin	vēttiiguin
Essive	veaddin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person veaddán veaddáme veaddámet 2nd person veaddát veaddáde veaddádet 3rd person veaddis veaddiska veaddiset

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