skábma
Northern Sami
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Northern Norwegian skamtid (“polar night”),[1] of which the first element derives from Old Norse skammr (“short”),[2] from Proto-Germanic *skammaz (“short”). Compare Icelandic skammur.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]skábma
- polar night
- Antonym: gaskaijabeaivváš
Inflection
[edit]| Even a-stem, bm-pm gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | skábma | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | skápma | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nominative | skábma | skápmat | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | skápma | skápmaid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | skápma | skápmaid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Illative | skábmii | skápmaide | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Locative | skápmas | skápmain | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Comitative | skápmain | skápmaiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Essive | skábman | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- 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
References
[edit]Categories:
- Northern Sami terms derived from Norwegian
- Northern Sami terms derived from Old Norse
- Northern Sami terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Northern Sami terms with IPA pronunciation
- Northern Sami 2-syllable words
- Northern Sami lemmas
- Northern Sami nouns
- se:Seasons
- Northern Sami even nouns
- Northern Sami even a-stem nouns