riekti

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈrie̯kːtiː/

Noun

riekti

1. right (to do something)
2. law, justice
3. court (of justice)

Inflection

Even i-stem, kt-vtt gradation
Nominative	riekti
Genitive	rievtti rievttẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	riekti	rievttit
Accusative	rievtti	rīvttiid
Genitive	rievtti rievttẹ	rīvttiid
Illative	riektái	rīvttiide
Locative	rievttis	rīvttiin
Comitative	rīvttiin	rīvttiiguin
Essive	riektin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person riektán riektáme riektámet 2nd person riektát riektáde riektádet 3rd person riektis riektiska riektiset

Derived terms

• alimusriekti

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