seailut

Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to Inari Sami siäiluđ and Finnish säilyä.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

seailut

1. to remain
2. to be preserved

Inflection

Even u-stem, il-ill gradation
infinitive	seailut
1st sing. present	seaillun
1st sing. past	sēilon
infinitive	seailut	action noun	seailun
present participle	seailu	action inessive	seailumin seailume
past participle	sēilon	action elative	seailumis
agent participle	—	action comitative	seailumiin
		abessive	seaillọkeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	seaillun	sēilon	sēilon
2nd singular	seaillut	sēilot	seaillọ
3rd singular	seailu	seaillūi	sēilos
1st dual	sēilo	seaillūime	seailu
2nd dual	seailubeahtti	seaillūide	seailu
3rd dual	seailuba	seaillūiga	sēiloska
1st plural	seailut	seaillūimet	sēilot seailut
2nd plural	seailubēhtet	seaillūidet	sēilot seailut
3rd plural	sēilot	sēilo	sēiloset
connegative	seaillọ	sēilon	seaillọ
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	sēillošin sēillošedjen	sēillolin sēilloledjen	sēilložan
2nd singular	sēillošit sēillošedjet	sēillolit sēilloledjet	sēilložat
3rd singular	sēillošii	sēillolii	sēilloža sēilloš
1st dual	sēillošeimme	sēilloleimme	sēilložetne
2nd dual	sēillošeidde	sēilloleidde	sēilložeahppi
3rd dual	sēillošeigga	sēilloleigga	sēilložeaba
1st plural	sēillošeimmet	sēilloleimmet	sēilložit sēilložat
2nd plural	sēillošeiddet	sēilloleiddet	sēilložēhpet
3rd plural	sēilloše sēillošedje	sēillole sēilloledje	sēilložit
connegative	sēilloše	sēillole	sēilloš

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