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-laš

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "las"

Northern Sami

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Calque of Finnish -llinen by replacing the inflectional part -ise- with the existing native Sami cognate -žža-.

Suffix

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-laš

  1. Forms adjectives indicating relationship or likeness.
Usage notes
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  • This suffix triggers the weak grade on a preceding stressed syllable.
Inflection
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Even a-stem, žž-čč gradation
Attributive -laš
Nominative -laš
Genitive -lačča
Attributive -laš
Singular Plural
Nominative -laš -laččat
Accusative -lačča -laččaid
Genitive -lačča -laččaid
Illative -lažžii -laččaide
Locative -laččas -laččain
Comitative -laččain -laččaiguin
Essive -lažžan

Etymology 2

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Calque of Finnish -lainen by replacing the inflectional part -ise- with the existing native Sami cognate -žža-.

Suffix

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-laš

  2. Forms nouns indicating a person from a place.
    ‎Suopma (“Finland”) + ‎-laš → ‎suopmelaš (“Finn, Finnish person”)
    ‎Sápmi (“Sápmi, Lapland”) + ‎-laš → ‎sápmelaš (“Sami person”)
Usage notes
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  • This suffix triggers the strong grade on a preceding stressed syllable.
Inflection
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Even a-stem, žž-čč gradation
Nominative -laš
Genitive -lačča
Singular Plural
Nominative -laš -laččat
Accusative -lačča -laččaid
Genitive -lačča -laččaid
Illative -lažžii -laččaide
Locative -laččas -laččain
Comitative -laččain -laččaiguin
Essive -lažžan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person -lažžan -lažžame -lažžamet
2nd person -lažžat -lažžade -lažžadet
3rd person -lažžas -lažžaska -lažžaset
Derived terms
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Northern Sami terms suffixed with -laš (demonym)
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