ча̄дзь

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *čācē, from Proto-Uralic *śäčä. Cognates include Northern Sami čáhci and Akkala Sami чаһць (čahc’).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃʲaːd͡zʲ/

Noun

ча̄дзь (čādz’)

1. water

Inflection

Declension of ча̄дзь (type I noun, дзь-зь gradation)
Nominative	ча̄дзь (čādz’)
Genitive	ча̄зь (čāz’)
Dative-Illative	ча̄дза (čādza)
Comitative	чоа̄зъенҍ (čååz’en’)
	singular	plural
Nominative	ча̄дзь (čādz’)	ча̄зь (čāz’)
Accusative	ча̄зь (čāz’)	чоа̄зъетҍ (čååz’et’)
Genitive	ча̄зь (čāz’)	чоа̄зъе (čååz’e)
Dative-Illative	ча̄дза (čādza)	чоа̄зъетҍ (čååz’et’)
Locative	ча̄зъесьт (čāz’es’t)	чоа̄зъенҍ (čååz’en’)
Comitative	чоа̄зъенҍ (čååz’en’)	чоа̄зъегуэйм (čååz’eguejm)
Abessive	ча̄зьха (čāz’xa)	чоа̄зъеха (čååz’exa)
Essive	ча̄дзъенҍ (čādz’en’)
Partitive	ча̄дзъе (čādz’e)

Further reading

• N. E. Afanasjeva with R. D. Kuruch, E. I. Mechkina, A. A. Antonova, L. D. Jakovlev, B. A. Gluhov (1985) R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект) [Sámi-Russian dictionary (Kildin dialect)]‎^[1], Русский язык, page 385
• A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “ча̄дзь”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “t́š́ā͕ᴅ̜t̜s̜”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• T. I. Itkonen (1958) “t́š́ā͕ᴅ̜t̜s̜”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎^[3], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 649