gádde

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kāntē.

Noun

gádde

1. shore, edge

Inflection

Even e-stem, dd-tt gradation
Nominative	gádde
Genitive	gátte
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gádde	gátte
Accusative	gáttev	gáttijt
Genitive	gátte	gáttij
Illative	gáddáj	gáttijda
Inessive	gátten	gáttijn
Elative	gáttes	gáttijs
Comitative	gáttijn	gáttij
Abessive	gáttedagá gáttedagi	gáttijdagá gáttijdagi
Essive	gádden
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person gáddám gáddáma gáddáma 2nd person gáddát gáddáda gáddáda 3rd person gáddes gáddeska gáddesa

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

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Pite Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kāntē.

Noun

gádˈde

1. shore, edge

Inflection

Even e-stem, dˈd-dd gradation
Nominative	gádˈde
Genitive	gádde
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gádˈde	gádde
Accusative	gáddev	gäddijt
Genitive	gádde	gäddij
Illative	gádˈdáj	gäddijda
Inessive	gádden	gäddijn
Elative	gáddest gáddes	gäddijst gäddijs
Comitative	gäddijn	gäddij
Essive	gádˈden

Further reading

• gádde in Bidumsáme Báhkogirrje (“Pite Sami word list”)
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland