-laš

Northern Sami

Etymology 1

Calque of Finnish -llinen by replacing the inflectional part -ise- with the existing native Sami cognate -žža-.

Suffix

-laš

1. 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
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

2. Forms nouns indicating a person from a place.

   ‎Suopma (“Finland”) + ‎-laš → ‎suopmelaš (“Finn, Finnish person”)

   ‎Sápmi (“Sápmi, Lapland”) + ‎-laš → ‎sápmelaš (“Sami person”)

Usage notes

• This suffix triggers the strong grade on a preceding stressed syllable.

Inflection

Even a-stem, žž-čč gradation
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
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person -lažžan -lažžame -lažžamet 2nd person -lažžat -lažžade -lažžadet 3rd person -lažžas -lažžaska -lažžaset

Derived terms

Northern Sami terms suffixed with -laš (demonym)