łeezh

Navajo

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *łe̓dž (“dirt”). Also appears in the combining forms łé- and łee-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

łeezh (possessed form bileezh, compound forms łé-, łee-)

1. dirt, dust, soil, ashes

Inflection

Possessives of łeezh

	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	shileezh	nihileezh	danihileezh
2nd person	nileezh	nihileezh	danihileezh
3rd person	bileezh
4th person (3o)	yileezh
4th person (3a)	haleezh
Indefinite (3i)	aleezh

Synonyms

• niʼ

Derived terms

• dziłeezh
• łeeh
• łeejin
• łeesʼáán
• łeeshchʼih
• łeeshtah
• łeetsoh
• łeetsoii
• łeetsʼaaʼ
• łeeyáán
• łeeyiʼ
• łeezh bił hááyol (“sandstorm”)
• łeeʼ
• łéʼétsoh
• łeʼoogeed