-laš
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Calque of Finnish -llinen by replacing the inflectional part -ise- with the existing native Sami cognate -žža-.
Suffix
-laš
- Forms adjectives indicating relationship or likeness.
Usage notes
- This suffix triggers the weak grade on a preceding stressed syllable.
Inflection
Even a-stem, žž-čč gradation | ||
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Attributive | -laš | |
Nominative | -laš | |
Genitive | -lačča | |
Attributive | -laš | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | -laš | -laččat |
Accusative | -lačča | -laččaid |
Genitive | -lačča | -laččaid |
Illative | -lažžii | -laččaide |
Locative | -laččas | -laččain |
Comitative | -laččain | -laččaiguin |
Essive | -lažžan |
Etymology 2
Calque of Finnish -lainen by replacing the inflectional part -ise- with the existing native Sami cognate -žža-.
Suffix
-laš
- Forms nouns indicating a person from a place.
Usage notes
- This suffix triggers the strong grade on a preceding stressed syllable.
Inflection
Even a-stem, žž-čč gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | -laš | |||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | -lačča | |||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | -laš | -laččat | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | -lačča | -laččaid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | -lačča | -laččaid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Illative | -lažžii | -laččaide | ||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | -laččas | -laččain | ||||||||||||||||||||
Comitative | -laččain | -laččaiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Essive | -lažžan | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Derived terms
Categories:
- Northern Sami terms calqued from Finnish
- Northern Sami terms derived from Finnish
- Northern Sami lemmas
- Northern Sami suffixes
- Northern Sami adjective-forming suffixes
- Northern Sami even adjectives
- Northern Sami even a-stem adjectives
- Northern Sami noun-forming suffixes
- Northern Sami even nouns
- Northern Sami even a-stem nouns