нышшь

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Kildin Sami

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Нышшь (Phocoena phocoena) ча̄зесьт.

Etymology

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Cognate with Skolt Sami nešš and Ter Sami нушша (nuššâ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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нышшь (nyšš’)

  1. (obsolete or dialectal) porpoise

Inflection

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Declension of нышшь (type I noun, шшь-жь gradation)
Nominative нышшь (nyšš’)
Genitive ныжь (nyž’)
Dative-Illative нышша (nyšša)
Comitative ныжъенҍ (nyž’en’)
singular plural
Nominative нышшь (nyšš’) ныжь (nyž’)
Accusative ныжь (nyž’) ныжъетҍ (nyž’et’)
Genitive ныжь (nyž’) ныжъе (nyž’e)
Dative-Illative нышша (nyšša) ныжъетҍ (nyž’et’)
Locative ныжъесьт (nyž’es’t) ныжъенҍ (nyž’en’)
Comitative ныжъенҍ (nyž’en’) ныжъегуэйм (nyž’eguejm)
Abessive ныжьха (nyž’xa) ныжъеха (nyž’exa)
Essive нышшъенҍ (nyšš’en’)
Partitive нышшъе (nyšš’e)

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “ni̮š̜š̜ᴱ”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
  • T. I. Itkonen (1958) “ni̮š̜š̜ᴱ”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎[2], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 279