ieš

See also: ies, Ies, IES, íes, -ies, i. e. S., and i.e.S.

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *jiečë.

The inessive stem is from the inessive case of the adverb ala (“onto”), while the locative stem derives from the locative of alde (“on”).

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈie̯ʃ/

Adverb

ieš

1. oneself (myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves)

   Mun ieš dahken dan.

   I made it myself.

   Mii ieža dagaimet dan.

   We made it ourselves.

Usage notes

Ieš is used to modify a subject. For dual and plural subjects, the form ieža is used.

For use as a pronoun rather than a subject modifier, a possessive suffix must be added. These pronoun forms have no nominative form, the accusative is used as lemma.

Inflection

Irregular, suppletive
Nominative	ieš
Genitive	—
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ieš	ieža
Accusative	—	—
Genitive	—	—
Illative	—	—
Locative	—	—
Comitative	—	—
Essive	—
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person iežan iežame iežamet 2nd person iežat iežade iežadet 3rd person iežas iežaska iežaset

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