gadna

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kënë.

Noun

gadna

1. lichen on a tree or rock

Inflection

Even a-stem, dn-n gradation
Nominative	gadna
Genitive	ganá
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gadna	ganá
Accusative	ganáv	ganájt
Genitive	ganá	ganáj
Illative	gadnaj	ganájda
Inessive	ganán	ganájn
Elative	ganás	ganájs
Comitative	ganájn	ganáj
Abessive	ganádagá ganádagi	ganájdagá ganájdagi
Essive	gadnan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person gadnam gadnama gadnama 2nd person gadnat gadnada gadnada 3rd person gadnas gadnaska gadnasa

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

Pite Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kënë.

Noun

gadna

1. lichen on a tree or rock

Inflection

Even a-stem, dn-n gradation
Nominative	gadna
Genitive	gana
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gadna	gana
Accusative	ganav	ganajt
Genitive	gana	ganaj
Illative	gadnaj	ganajda
Inessive	ganan	ganajn
Elative	ganast ganas	ganajst ganajs
Comitative	ganajn	ganaj
Essive	gadnan

Further reading

• gadna 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

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

gadna

1. inflection of gadan:
   1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
   2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
   3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
   4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural