deaffat

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtea̯ffah(t)/

Verb

deaffat

1. to talk

Inflection

Even a-stem, ff-f gradation
infinitive	deaffat
1st sing. present	deafan
1st sing. past	dēffen
infinitive	deaffat	action noun	deaffan
present participle	deafˈfi	action inessive	deaffamin deaffame
past participle	deaffan	action elative	deaffamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	deaffamiin
		abessive	deafakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	deafan	dēffen	dēffon
2nd singular	deafat	dēffet	deafa
3rd singular	deaffá	deafai	dēffos
1st dual	dēffe	deafaime	deafˈfu
2nd dual	deaffabeahtti	deafaide	deafˈfi
3rd dual	deaffaba	deafaiga	dēffoska
1st plural	deaffat	deafaimet	dēffot deafˈfut
2nd plural	deaffabēhtet	deafaidet	dēffet deafˈfit
3rd plural	dēffet	dēffe	dēffoset
connegative	deafa	deaffan	deafa
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	deafašin deafašedjen	deafalin deafaledjen	deafažan
2nd singular	deafašit deafašedjet	deafalit deafaledjet	deafažat
3rd singular	deafašii	deafalii	deafaža deafaš
1st dual	deafašeimme	deafaleimme	deafažetne
2nd dual	deafašeidde	deafaleidde	deafažeahppi
3rd dual	deafašeigga	deafaleigga	deafažeaba
1st plural	deafašeimmet	deafaleimmet	deafažit deafažat
2nd plural	deafašeiddet	deafaleiddet	deafažēhpet
3rd plural	deafaše deafašedje	deafale deafaledje	deafažit
connegative	deafaše	deafale	deafaš

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