rassat

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *rësëtēk.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

rassat

1. to be busy with

Inflection

Even a-stem, ss-s gradation
infinitive	rassat
1st sing. present	rasan
1st sing. past	rassen
infinitive	rassat	action noun	rassan
present participle	rasˈsi	action inessive	rassamin rassame
past participle	rassan	action elative	rassamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	rassamiin
		abessive	rasakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	rasan	rassen	rasson
2nd singular	rasat	rasset	rasa
3rd singular	rassá	rasai	rassos
1st dual	rasse	rasaime	rasˈsu
2nd dual	rassabeahtti	rasaide	rasˈsi
3rd dual	rassaba	rasaiga	rassoska
1st plural	rassat	rasaimet	rassot rasˈsut
2nd plural	rassabēhtet	rasaidet	rasset rasˈsit
3rd plural	rasset	rasse	rassoset
connegative	rasa	rassan	rasa
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	rasašin rasašedjen	rasalin rasaledjen	rasažan
2nd singular	rasašit rasašedjet	rasalit rasaledjet	rasažat
3rd singular	rasašii	rasalii	rasaža rasaš
1st dual	rasašeimme	rasaleimme	rasažetne
2nd dual	rasašeidde	rasaleidde	rasažeahppi
3rd dual	rasašeigga	rasaleigga	rasažeaba
1st plural	rasašeimmet	rasaleimmet	rasažit rasažat
2nd plural	rasašeiddet	rasaleiddet	rasažēhpet
3rd plural	rasaše rasašedje	rasale rasaledje	rasažit
connegative	rasaše	rasale	rasaš

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