seastit

Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to Finnish säästää.

Verb

seastit

1. to save (use less of)

Inflection

Even i-stem, st-stt gradation
infinitive	seastit
1st sing. present	seasttán
1st sing. past	sēsten
infinitive	seastit	action noun	seastin
present participle	seasti	action inessive	seastimin seastime
past participle	seastán	action elative	seastimis
agent participle	—	action comitative	seastimiin
		abessive	seasttẹkeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	seasttán	sēsten	sēston
2nd singular	seasttát	sēstet	seasttẹ
3rd singular	seastá	sēsttii	sēstos
1st dual	sēste	sēsttiime	seastu
2nd dual	seastibeahtti	sēsttiide	seasti
3rd dual	seastiba	sēsttiiga	sēstoska
1st plural	seastit	sēsttiimet	sēstot seastut
2nd plural	seastibēhtet	sēsttiidet	sēstet seastit
3rd plural	sēstet	sēste	sēstoset
connegative	seasttẹ	seastán	seasttẹ
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	seasttášin seasttášedjen	seasttálin seasttáledjen	sēsttežan
2nd singular	seasttášit seasttášedjet	seasttálit seasttáledjet	sēsttežat
3rd singular	seasttášii	seasttálii	sēstteža sēstteš
1st dual	seasttášeimme	seasttáleimme	sēsttežetne
2nd dual	seasttášeidde	seasttáleidde	sēsttežeahppi
3rd dual	seasttášeigga	seasttáleigga	sēsttežeaba
1st plural	seasttášeimmet	seasttáleimmet	sēsttežit sēsttežat
2nd plural	seasttášeiddet	seasttáleiddet	sēsttežēhpet
3rd plural	seasttáše seasttášedje	seasttále seasttáledje	sēsttežit
connegative	seasttáše	seasttále	sēstteš

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