dipmat

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *timëtēk.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtipmah(t)/

Verb

dipmat

1. to soften, to become softer

Inflection

Even a-stem, pm-m gradation
infinitive	dipmat
1st sing. present	diman
1st sing. past	dipmen
infinitive	dipmat	action noun	dipman
present participle	dibmi	action inessive	dipmamin dipmame
past participle	dipman	action elative	dipmamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	dipmamiin
		abessive	dimakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	diman	dipmen	dipmon
2nd singular	dimat	dipmet	dima
3rd singular	dipmá	dimai	dipmos
1st dual	dipme	dimaime	dibmu
2nd dual	dipmabeahtti	dimaide	dibmi
3rd dual	dipmaba	dimaiga	dipmoska
1st plural	dipmat	dimaimet	dipmot dibmut
2nd plural	dipmabēhtet	dimaidet	dipmet dibmit
3rd plural	dipmet	dipme	dipmoset
connegative	dima	dipman	dima
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	dimašin dimašedjen	dimalin dimaledjen	dimažan
2nd singular	dimašit dimašedjet	dimalit dimaledjet	dimažat
3rd singular	dimašii	dimalii	dimaža dimaš
1st dual	dimašeimme	dimaleimme	dimažetne
2nd dual	dimašeidde	dimaleidde	dimažeahppi
3rd dual	dimašeigga	dimaleigga	dimažeaba
1st plural	dimašeimmet	dimaleimmet	dimažit dimažat
2nd plural	dimašeiddet	dimaleiddet	dimažēhpet
3rd plural	dimaše dimašedje	dimale dimaledje	dimažit
connegative	dimaše	dimale	dimaš

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