apostal

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian apostel, Swedish apostel.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈapostal/

Noun

apostal

1. apostle

Inflection

Odd, no gradation
Nominative	apostal
Genitive	apostala
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	apostal	apostalat
Accusative	apostala	apostaliid
Genitive	apostala	apostaliid
Illative	apostalii	apostaliidda
Locative	apostalis	apostaliin
Comitative	apostaliin	apostaliiguin
Essive	apostalin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person apostalan apostaleamẹ apostaleamẹt 2nd person apostalat apostaleattẹ apostaleattẹt 3rd person apostalis apostaleaskkạ apostaleasẹt

Alternative forms

• apoastal

Related terms

• apostolalaš

Further reading

• Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland